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How bad is the coronavirus outbreak in

North East England?

Fury grew today in the North East as it emerged

there are only narrow margins between parts of the

region set to be hit with...

Just 1,800 out of 110,000 occupied

hospital beds are currently taken up by

Covid-19 patients

Covid-19 patients are currently occupying fewer

than 2 per cent of all hospital beds in England,

official data suggests. The...

Britons drank more alcohol than usual

during the lockdown but smoked less,

study reveals

Britons drank alcohol more than usual during

lockdown but there was a rise in the number of

people who gave up cigarettes,...

UK’s 10pm curfew won’t work unless

drinkers are told to leave pubs at

staggered times

Britain’s hotly-contested 10pm curfew will not curb

the spread of coronavirus unless pubs enforce

staggered leaving...

Understanding the effect of aging on the

genome

The key is to first observe and measure. In a paper

published in Cell Reports, scientists led by Johan

Auwerx at EPFL started...

Shedding light on how urban grime

affects chemical reactions in cities

Many city surfaces are coated with a layer of soot,

pollutants, metals, organic compounds and other

molecules known as “urban...

Europe’s second spike of Covid-19 is still

only a TENTH of the size of the crisis in

spring

The second wave of coronavirus rolling across

Europe is still only a tenth of the size of the first,

data suggests. Some...

Confusion ‘is a major symptom of Covid-

19 in frail older people’

Suddenly feeling confused and delirious is a

common symptom of Covid-19 among frail older

people, scientists have found. Officials...

Care homes are waiting up to THREE

WEEKS weeks to get their coronavirus

test results

Care homes are waiting up to three weeks to get

their coronavirus test results, it was claimed today

as the UK’s swabbing...

Britain announces more Covid-19 deaths

for Wednesday

Britain today recorded 7,108 more coronavirus

cases and another 71 deaths — including a threemonth

high of seven in Scotland. The...

The ancient Neanderthal hand in severe

COVID-19

There are several factors that influence a person’s

susceptibility to having a severe reaction, such as

their age and...

Innovative model improves Army humanagent

teaming

ADELPHI, Md. — Army researchers developed a

novel computational model for gathering cognitive

data that may be a game...

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IMAGE: On Sept. 30 at 0300 UTC (Sept. 29 at 11

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IMAGE: The Hackensack Meridian Center for

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has amazing nasal reconstruction

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Memory training for the immune system

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functions, that enable them to destroy other cells,

that are e.g. infected...

Study suggests link between unexplained

miscarriages and how women perceive

men’s body odor

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for many women who experience repeat miscarriage

with no clear underlying...

Discovery enables adult skin to

regenerate like a newborn’s

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the researchers identified a factor that acts like a

molecular switch...

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them to where they need to go

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describe the interactions within a layer of cells on a

substrate, similar to...

Genetic risk of developing obesity is

driven by variants that affect the brain

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processes outside the traditional organs investigated

in obesity research,...

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fatigue could redesign the future of work

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Many ventilation systems may increase

risk of COVID-19 exposure, study

suggests

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widely-used ‘mixing ventilation’ systems, which are

designed...

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States, is harmful for bees...

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risk and safety

IMAGE: A look at the Cameron Peak Fire plume,

taken in Rocky Mountain National Park on Sept. 5,

2020. view more Credit:...

Drug found to correct gene defect that

causes immune-driven gut leakiness

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biomedical scientist Declan F. McCole at the

University of California,...

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patients who need them the most

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smoking cessation clinical...

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210 scientists highlight state of plants

and fungi in Plants, People, Planet

special issue

IMAGE: Five broad themes that encompass the

State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report 2020

are featured in...

Jet suit paramedic tested in the Lake

District ‘could save lives’

Introducing gluten to a baby’s diet before six months

may prevent children developing coeliac disease,

research suggests. The...

Media captionWatch the jet suit being tested in

mountain terrain A jet suit for paramedics which

would see patients...

Maternity units ‘too defensive’ and failing

to learn from mistakes

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go wrong and causing a danger to patients, the chief

inspector of hospitals...

Flu jab waits and delays amid high

demand

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and are asking people to wait until more stock can

be delivered. Boots...

People who regularly use acid reflux

drugs are 24% more likely to develop type

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People who regularly use acid reflux drugs are 24%

more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, study finds

Proton pump inhibitors...

More than 90% of Americans say frontline

health workers should get a

coronavirus vaccine first

More than 90% of Americans say front-line health

workers should get a coronavirus vaccine first,

followed by ‘high-risk’...

Scientists to develop live coronavirus

vaccine in UK trial

Scientists ‘to infect 24 people in the UK’ with

sluggish genetically-modified coronavirus to develop

a ‘live’...

Local lockdowns could pop up across the

nation within 24 hours

Local lockdowns could be imposed within 24 hours

of a coronavirus outbreak thanks to real-time data

from the NHS app, it...

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have OCD

Racked by concerns for her newborn daughter’s

safety, Gini Wilde was assured by her friends that

her feelings were...

NHS faces a ‘triple whammy’ this winter,

report warns

The NHS will be hit by a ‘triple whammy’ this winter,

according to a report that warns the ‘road to

recovery...

On-the-spot coronavirus tests that give

results in 15 to 30 minutes set to be rolled

out

Millions of coronavirus tests that give on-the-spot

results in minutes are set to be rolled out across the

world, in what...

Coronavirus UK: 47 new fatalities in daily

preliminary death toll

Britain today recorded another 7,143 coronavirus

cases and 71 deaths as the outbreak continues to

grow with both infections...

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influenza B virus strains

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of new class of diabetes drugs

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medications has turned...

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clinical and outreach van in helping

people on the street with opioid addiction

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care and harm reduction services, the program’s

clinical van...

COVID-19 shapes political approval

ratings

In the days and weeks with high numbers of new

COVID-19 cases there were also large boosts to

leader approval. These results...

Scientists studied nanoparticles

embedded in silver-ion-exchanged

glasses

IMAGE: Researchers have registered the formation

of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as

a result of infrared...

Kawasaki disease is not a homogenous

disease nor are its triggers

IMAGE: UC San Diego is internationally recognized

for interdisciplinary research that positively impacts

the lives...

Women could conceive after ovarian

tumors, study shows

“The ability to become pregnant seems to be

preserved with fertility-sparing surgery, a knowledge

that is absolutely...

One in three parents plan to skip flu

shots for their kids during COVID-19

pandemic, poll finds

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the nation already faces a viral deadly disease with

nearly twin symptoms....

Discovery of cells that heal cardiac

damage after infarction

IMAGE: From left to right: Dr Adrián Ruiz-Villalba

and Dr Felipe Própser, Regenerative Medicine and

Cell Therapy...

Geoscience: Cosmic diamonds formed

during gigantic planetary collisions

It is estimated that over 10 million asteroids are

circling the Earth in the asteroid belt. They are relics

from the early...

Successful Dartmouth TB vaccine moves

forward after phase 2 trial

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the DAR-901 tuberculosis (TB) vaccine were

announced today by investigators...

Scientists got one step closer to solving

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A team of scientists from Far Eastern Federal

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from Austria, Turkey, Slovakia,...

Blocking enzyme’s self-destruction

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to new drugs to fight age-related...

Brain circuitry shaped by competition for

space as well as genetics

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rodents...

Prostate cancer patients could be spared

radiotherapy after surgery

Prostate cancer patients could be spared

radiotherapy after surgery as new research

suggests there is no benefit and it could...

Is this the answer for threatening allergic

reactions?

A ‘wafer’ that dissolves in the mouth in seconds

could stop life-threatening allergic reactions in their

tracks. The...

Why absence could make your heart go

longer

A doctor monitoring your health without even setting

eyes on you used to be the stuff of science fiction.

But thanks to modern...

Intermittent fasting diets like Jennifer

Aniston’s do NOT work, study finds

Celebrities like Jennifer Aniston swear by

intermittent fasting as the easy key to meeting their

weight loss goals and maintaining...

Grab the menthol chest balm and

rehydration tabs!

Fear of further lockdowns has sparked the return of

people panic-buying loo rolls and supermarket

rationing. But if you...

The doctors still crippled by Covid-19 six

months after they caught it

Some can barely walk they’re so exhausted and

their muscles so weak. Many have lost the ability to

recall everyday...

Parasite found in tap water was to blame

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Like a lot of people who don’t want to wear glasses,

Charlotte Clarkson, 24, thought corrective lenses,

which reshape...

The shocking reasons why thousands of

young men are resorting to Viagra

The phrase ‘drug-fuelled sex’ has a very different

meaning for 23-year-old student Greg Banks

compared with the...

COVID-19: Saliva tests could detect silent

carriers

Scientists at Hokkaido University and colleagues in

Japan have demonstrated a quick and effective

mass testing approach using...

COVID-19: Social distancing is more

effective than travel bans, study finds

Now researchers present an efficient model to study

and forecast the spreading dynamics and

containment across different...

Early introduction of gluten may prevent

celiac disease in children, study finds

These results from the Enquiring About Tolerance

(EAT) Study, published today in JAMA Pediatrics, by

researchers from King’s...

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reason

Emotional balance goes haywire in mood disorders

like depression, leading to unchecked negative

emotions and an inability...

Study links rising stress, depression in

U.S. to pandemic-related losses, media

consumption

The report appears in Science Advances, published

by the American Association for the Advancement of

Science. “The...

Strong activation of anti-bacterial T cells

linked to severe COVID-19

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important to understand in detail how our immune

system reacts...

Pandemic sets off future wave of

worsening mental health issues

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symptoms and disorders, addiction and health

behavior is substantial and ongoing...

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lung injury, study shows

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American Heart Association by researchers from the

University of California,...

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could make it tougher to control climate

change

China’s success in improving air quality by cutting

polluting emissions may have a negative knock-on

effect on climate...

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school sports activities in middle childhood show

improved...

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suspensions are not related to traffic

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Philadelphia (CHOP)...

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IMAGE: Distinguished professor and John K. Vries

Chair of computational and systems biology at the

University of Pittsburgh...

INRS researchers develop a new

membraneless fuel cell

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‘urgent review’ of 10pm closures

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‘worth exploring’

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may prevent children developing coeliac disease,

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19 cases, a major backlog in treatment and reduced

capacity...

US teens are twice as likely to catch

coronavirus as younger kids, CDC finds

US teenagers aged 12 to 17 are TWICE as likely to

catch coronavirus as children between the ages of

five and 11, CDC report...

Surge in coronavirus cases in the UK

‘could speed up progress of Oxford

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doses The Government revealed on July 29 it had

signed a deal with pharmaceutical...

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spiraling in hot-spots

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who refuse to self-isolate, starting at £1,000 and

rising to £10,000...

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coronavirus as official figures revealed the daily

average number of infections...

Random testing ‘is pointless’ and

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rising to £10,000...

New analytical model detects mutations

in breast cancer

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precise tool which has very gradually started to be

applied clinically,...

How deep learning can advance study of

neural degeneration

“Researchers want to study the mechanisms that

drive neural degeneration, with the long-term goal of

finding ways to...

Cancer’s hidden vulnerabilities

So, to create effective treatments for a cancer,

scientists seek insight into what make its cells tick.

In a new paper appearing...

Genetic differences in body fat shape

men and women’s health risks

University of Virginia researchers Mete Civelek,

PhD, Warren Anderson, PhD, and their collaborators

have determined that...

Looking at evolution’s genealogy from

home

Jürgen Schmitz, a biologist and zoologist at the

Institute of Experimental Pathology at Münster

University’s Faculty...

Evolutionary and heritable axes shape

our brain

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network is located at a certain place, which

determines its function and neighbors...

Genetic testing cost effective for newly

diagnosed GIST

To determine whose cancer may be most

responsive, the National Comprehensive Cancer

Network suggests that patients undergo...

About 14% of cerebral palsy cases may

be tied to brain wiring genes

“Our results provide the strongest evidence to date

that a significant portion of cerebral palsy cases can

be linked...

Painting a clearer picture of COVID-19

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of Veterinary Medicine. view more Credit: MU

College of...

Understanding ghost particle interactions

IMAGE: Cross sections of neutrino-nucleus

interactions versus energy. Improved agreement

between experiment and model...

Antacid monotherapy more effective in

relieving epigastric pain than in

combination with lidocain

DES PLAINES, IL — Antacid monotherapy is more

effective in relieving epigastric pain than in

combination with lidocaine....

ASU study finds association between

screen time use, diet and other health

factors

The era of the television brought with it the TV

dinner — a fast, convenient meal that, while

nutritionally questionable,...

Monitoring brainwaves overnight could

help predict dementia, study suggests

A sleep test for dementia? Monitoring brainwaves

overnight could help predict memory loss before it

starts, study suggests Researchers...

Coronavirus UK: SAGE say lockdown on

elderly could save economy

Britain could avoid another full-blown lockdown by

cocooning the elderly, scientists advising the

Government say. The strategy...

Thousands of excess deaths from

cardiovascular disease during the COVID-

19 pandemic

IMAGE: There are three graphs that help explain

this story. They show the location of excess daily

deaths: at home,...

USC-led study traces the evolution of gill

covers

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showing Pou3f3 gene activity in the central nervous

system as well...

Lung cancer screening a step closer to

reality following combined study

IMAGE: Associate Professor Sue Crengle,

University of Otago view more Credit: University of

Otago Newly...

New interactive tool will help farmers

contain the spread of clubroot

IMAGE: Researcher and paper author Edel Pérez-

López view more Credit: Edel Pérez-López First

described...

Older Americans were excluded from

HALF of US drug trials and ALL vaccine

trials

Americans over 65 were excluded from half of all US

clinical trials of drugs and all trials for vaccines –

including...

Too many children are being tested for

coronavirus, top paediatrician claims

Too many children are being tested for

coronavirus because of an ‘understandable’ but

‘misplaced’...

Diabetes: Metformin treatment linked to

slowed cognitive decline

A new research study, conducted over six years in

the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study in 1037

Australians (aged 70 to 90 years...

Researchers explore how the human

brain is so resilient

The U.S. Army may be able to use this information

to enhance future operations. “We are working

toward fused human-technology...

Berry good news: newly discovered

compound from blueberries could treat

inflammatory disorders

A team of researchers at Tokyo University of

Science, led by Prof Chiharu Nishiyama, has been

working this direction for...

Busy pictures hinder reading ability in

children

The results of the study are available in the

September issue of the journal npj Science of

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Scientists explored optimal shapes of

thermal energy storages

Artificial intelligence can help protect

orchids and other species

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Orchids are more than just decorative – they are

also economically important in horticulture, in the

pharmaceutical...

New extreme ultraviolet facility opens for

use

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sources are generated. view more Credit: © 2020

Springer Nature Researchers...

AI technology can predict vanadium flow

battery performance and cost

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Early introduction of gluten may prevent

coeliac disease in children

Introducing high doses of gluten from four months of

age into infants’ diets could prevent them from

developing coeliac...

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hospitalized due to COVID-19 suggest that the

disease might deteriorate...

A new study may revise a theory of

flowing viscous liquids that was accepted

for 60 years

The international collaborative team of Tokyo

University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) in

Japan, Indian Institute...

Covid: Dementia patient’s wife describes

‘torture’ of lack of visits

A woman has described her pain at not being able

to see her husband regularly at his care home

during the pandemic, calling...

NHS Covid-19: App issue fixed for people

who test positive

Coronavirus: England and Wales’ contact-tracing

app gets launch date

Why India should worry about post-

Covid-19 care

Why India’s Covid problem could be bigger than we

think

Covid-19: Up to £10,000 fine for failure to

self-isolate in England

Refusing to self-isolate when told to is now illegal in

England from Monday, with fines of up to £10,000.

Anyone who tests...

1 in 3 parents plan to skip flu shots for

their kids during COVID-19 pandemic

IMAGE: Just a third of parents believe that having

their child get the flu vaccine is more important this

year than...

Heart disease in young people may be

linked to diabetes exposure in the womb

Heart disease in young adults and teenagers may

be related to exposure to diabetes in the womb,

according to new research...

Inequalities in premature deaths have

increased between the rich and poor in

Canada

Socioeconomic inequalities in premature deaths in

Canada have increased over the last 25 years,

according to new research...

Could your menopause symptoms be

hard on your heart?

CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 28, 2020)–

Menopause is accompanied by numerous

symptoms that can interfere with a woman’s...

How hormone therapy slows progression

of atherosclerosis

CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 28, 2020)–As one

of the most common treatments for effectively

managing menopause symptoms,...

Building walls that will make summer

heat waves more bearable

IMAGE: (a) PCM wall cross section (b) temperature

measurement position view more Credit: Korea

Institue of...

The testimony of trees: How volcanic

eruptions shaped 2000 years of world

history

IMAGE: Driftwood in Siberia view more Credit:

University of Cambridge Researchers have shown

that over the...

Volunteers receiving government aid

while unemployed face scrutiny, bias

from public

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — With the worldwide spike in

unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,

many people may turn...

Historical racial and ethnic health

inequities account for disproportionate

COVID-19 impact

In “COVID-19 Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Acute Care

and Critical Illness Survivorship,” Ann-Marcia

Tukpah, MD,...

Study delivers new knowledge about

what causes thunderstorms and cloud

bursts

Thunderstorms are weather disturbances

characterized by concentrations of thunder, lightning

and fierce winds. When they...

New funerary and ritual behaviors of the

Neolithic Iberian populations discovered

Potential drug target for dangerous E. coli

infections identified

IMAGE: Skull found in the Cueva de la Dehesilla

view more Credit: Universidad de Sevilla Experts

from the...

IMAGE: The spider-like icosahedral shape is an

abstract depiction of the Shiga toxin bacteriophage

with a red genome,...

New way of analyzing soil organic matter

will help predict climate change

IMAGE: Data analyzed for the study came from soil

profiles, such as this one, gathered by the National

Ecological Observatory...

Pair of massive baby stars swaddled in

salty water vapor

IMAGE: Different colors show the different

distributions of dust particles (yellow), methyl

cyanide (CH3CN, red), salt...

Low level alcohol use during pregnancy

can impact child’s brain development

New research from the University of Sydney finds

that even low levels of alcohol consumption during

pregnancy can have an...

Patients’ breathing test comes up short

on accuracy, study finds

A routine test used to monitor patients’ breathing

may be unreliable and putting them at risk, a study

suggests. Incorrect...

Friendly interactions with Chinese people

reduced COVID-19 prejudice

People with a history of positive social interactions

with Chinese people were less likely to support

discriminatory anti-Chinese...

Hancock: ‘Upgrade’ may be needed to

access NHS Covid app

Hancock: ‘Best thing to do to get app is upgrade’

Video, 00:03:24Hancock: ‘Best thing to do to get

app...

A multishot lensless camera in

development could aid disease diagnosis

How it works The researchers create a mask of

microscopic gold wires and place it near the object

that will be imaged. The...

First evidence that air pollution particles

and metals are reaching the placenta

The study, funded by Barts Charity and published in

the journal Science of The Total Environment,

demonstrate that inhaled...

PLUS takes 3D ultrasound images of

solids

IMAGE: High-resolution 3D imaging result of

branched stress corrosion cracking. view more

Credit: Yoshikazu...

Astronomers model, determine how disk

galaxies evolve so smoothly

IMAGE: This illustration shows how two sample star

orbits are scattered from nearly circular orbits by the

gravity...

Education: an influencing factor for

intergenerational mobility in Canada

Quebec and Montreal, September 25, 2020 – The

relationship between the income levels of parents

and their children...

Scholars untangle marketing’s complex

role in understanding political activities

As 2020 began, many pundits predicted a politically

charged year, but few predicted that it would include

a global pandemic...

3D printed nasal swabs work as well as

commercial swabs for COVID-19

diagnostic testing

IMAGE: First author Summer Decker, PhD, directs

the USF Health Radiology-Tampa General Hospital

Division of 3D Clinical...

An area of the brain where tumor cells

shelter from chemotherapy in childhood

leukaemia

The stroma of the choroid plexus is one of the

locations within the central nervous system (CNS)

that serves as a shelter...

Switching up: Marine bacteria shift

between lifestyles to get the best

resources

Tsukuba, Japan – To stay, or not to stay? When it

comes to nutrient resource patches, researchers

from Japan and Switzerland...

An app monitors cancer patients’ health

status and rewards participation

Close2U, an electronic device application, has been

developed by researchers at the Complutense

University (UCM) and the...

A clearer view of what makes glass rigid

IMAGE: A team of scientists led by the University of

Tokyo uses computer simulations to study the

rigidity of amorphous...

Major wind-driven ocean currents are

shifting toward the poles

The severe droughts in the USA and Australia are

the first sign that the tropics, and their warm

temperatures, are apparently...

RAP tag: A new protein purification

approach

Tskuba, Japan – Whether it’s our diets, building

strength, or as part of medical advancements, it is

no secret...

Spin clean-up method brings practical

quantum computers closer to reality

IMAGE: If the measurement outcome in the

quantum circuit is the |0? state, the spin

contaminated wave function |?Cont?...

A genetic variant that protects against

Alzheimer’s disease promotes immune

cell functions

How to better understand what makes a

virus win during transmission?

A new study conducted by researchers at the

University of Eastern Finland found that the PLCG2-

P522R genetic variant, which...

The framework, published in Frontiers in

Microbiology, was applied on transmission data of

the influenza virus, and offers...

An enhanced ruthenium-based catalyst

for primary amine synthesis

IMAGE: Direct amination of alcohols over Ru-

MgO/TiO2 activated by electron donation from MgO.

view more Credit:...

Polio campaigners battle misinformation

and distrust

Polio campaigners battle misinformation and

distrust. Video, 00:02:49Polio campaigners battle

misinformation and distrust

Marine heatwaves are human made

IMAGE: This data image shows the monthly average

sea surface temperature for May 2015. Between

2013 and 2016, a large...

NHS Covid-19 app: How to install and use

it

People living in England and Wales are being urged

to download the government’s contact-tracing app

following its official...

The threat of ‘vaccine nationalism’

The threat of ‘vaccine nationalism’ Video,

00:03:30The threat of ‘vaccine nationalism’

Fast fix for a brain aneurysm

Surgeons can now perform intricate operations to

repair damaged blood vessels in the brain while

patients are wide awake. The...

Coronavirus: UK pledges support to

global vaccine-sharing scheme

UK supports global vaccine-sharing scheme. Video,

00:00:45UK supports global vaccine-sharing

scheme

Meet Bob

Lung cancer was once considered pretty much a

death sentence. Just two decades ago, it was nearimpossible

to treat. Doctors...

BARNEY CALMAN investigates the

appalling tragedy of the elderly kept apart

from their loved ones

The woman on the phone is in pieces. ‘I’ve been in

lockdown in my care home since March, and they

won’t release me,’...

Was James Cracknell’s 100-mile run over

five days with no food the daftest stunt

ever?

He has trekked 370 miles of Arabian desert, rowed

naked across 2,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean,

survived a traumatic brain...

Pets can get Covid… but do you really

need a virus mask for your dog?

When the Great Plague hit London in 1665, many

believed it was the end of days. But for some it was

an opportunity. Doctors...

Will a vaccine really be the silver bullet

we’re all praying for? Asks DR ELLIE

CANNON

The Government has played its hand, for the time

being at least. After weeks of confusing and

contradictory edicts, growing...

Curfews, open borders and second

waves: DR ELLIE CANNON answers your

questions on coronavirus

The 10pm curfew seems ridiculous – it’s not as if the

virus has a watch and only transmits at certain

times, is it? A...

Last-resort life support option helped

majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients

survive

The 1,035 patients in the study faced a staggeringly

high risk of death, as ventilators and other care

failed to support...

Carriers of two genetic mutations at

greater risk for illness and death from

COVID-19

The study was led by Prof. David Gurwitz, Prof.

Noam Shomron, and MSc candidate Guy Shapira of

TAU’s Sackler Faculty...

Pets linked to maintaining better mental

health and reducing loneliness during

lockdown, new research shows

Most people who took part in the research perceived

their pets to be a source of considerable support

during the lockdown...

The surprising organization of avian

brains

IMAGE: Similar to the cortex of mammals, the nerve

cells in certain areas of the brain of birds are

organized in vertical...

Secure nano-carrier delivers medications

directly to cells

IMAGE: Prof. Oliver Lieleg and Ceren Kimna are

conducting research on nanoparticles that release

drugs precisely into...

Women could conceive after ovarian

tumors

"Stretching rack" for cells

IMAGE: Electron micrograph of the “empty ” scaffold

(without hydrogel) that an international research...

Lockdown impact: Worsening symptoms

for people with bone, joint and muscle

pain

People with bone, joint and muscle pain saw their

symptoms worsen during lockdown – according to

new research from...

New method allows precise gene control

by light

IMAGE: Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg, researcher in

the Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska

Institutet. ...

IMAGE: When illuminated the PAL molecule binds to

the aptamer (blue loop at the top left). The label

made of regulatory...

New study highlights success of a mobile

outreach van helping people on the street

w

BOSTON – A novel mobile health program created

in early 2018 by the Kraft Center for Community

Health at Massachusetts...

During pandemic, racism puts additional

stress on Asian Americans

This pandemic-driven rise in anti-Asian racism is so

pronounced, that in a commentary recently

published in the American...

Theater improvisation techniques show

promising results for science classroom

engagement

A researcher at the University of Maryland,

Baltimore County (UMBC) has developed a unique

method to improve class participation...

LSU physicists develop a method to

improve gravitational wave detector

sensitivity

IMAGE: Louisiana State University Ph.D. physics

alumnus Jonathan Cripe has conducted a new

experiment with scientists...

Cocaine addiction: Impact of genetic

mutations elucidated

Cocaine addiction is a chronic disorder with a high

rate of relapse for which no effective treatment is

currently available....

New storage battery more efficient and

heat-resistant

IMAGE: Test setup at CEEC Jena to develop novel

active materials for redox flow batteries. view more

Credit:...

U.S. hospital admissions for non-COVID-

19 have only partially rebounded from

initial decline

“Our study shows that patients from Hispanic

neighborhoods did not have the same rebound in

non-COVID-19 admissions...

Reusing tableware can reduce waste from

online food deliveries

IMAGE: This is a typical Chinese meal that was

ordered online and includes plastic tableware. view

more Credit:...

NASA finds wind shear displacing

Lowell’s strongest storms

IMAGE: On Sept. 25 at 5:45 a.m. EDT (0945 UTC),

the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s

Aqua satellite...

Anxious, moody older adults are

vulnerable to worse cognitive function

Self-discipline, high achievement and diligence

linked to better cognitive resilience People can

function well in spite...

Fast, accurate and non-destructive: the

new method to analyze food quality

IMAGE: NIRS analysis of spinach plants directly in

the field. view more Credit: Universidad de Córdoba

Consumers...

Flu jab 2020: Who’s eligible for a free

vaccine?

Health officials are trying to make sure everyone

who needs a flu vaccine this autumn gets one. Thirty

million people will...

Dealing with the global tsunami of mental

health problems during and post COVID-

19

In a special session addressing global mental health

before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

held at the ESCMID Conference...

Coronavirus: UK pledges £500m to global

vaccine-sharing scheme

The UK is to give £500m to a new global vaccinesharing

scheme designed to ensure treatments for

Covid-19 are distributed...

Covid-19: What do scientists think of the

PM’s plan?

After dangling the possibility of a mini-lockdown to

break coronavirus’s chain of transmission, Boris

Johnson has opted...

Coronavirus: Children behind rising

demand for tests in England

Demand for coronavirus tests has almost trebled

among young children in England this month – but

only 1% were found...

Fewer than 10% of Americans have

coronavirus antibodies

Fewer than 10% of Americans have coronavirus

antibodies from the first wave, national study finds –

leaving 295 million...

Could getting enough vitamin D reduce

COVID-19 death risks by 52%?

People who get enough vitamin D are at a 52

percent lower risk of dying of COVID-19 than people

who are deficient for the...

Customizable synthetic antibiotic

outmaneuvers resistant bacteria

Researchers at UC San Francisco are tackling

antibiotic resistance using a different approach:

redesigning existing antibiotic...

World first study links obesity with

reduced brain plasticity

In a new paper published in Brain Sciences,

researchers from UniSA and Deakin University show

that brain plasticity is impaired...

Unusual climate conditions influenced

WWI mortality and subsequent influenza

pandemic

Well-documented torrential rains and unusually cold

temperatures affected the outcomes of many major

battles on the Western...

Genome of Alexander Fleming’s original

penicillin-producing mold sequenced

Alexander Fleming famously discovered the first

antibiotic, penicillin, in 1928 while working at St

Mary’s Hospital...

Contact tracing study results recommend

consistent wearing of masks,

handwashing, and social distancing in

public to protect against SARS-CoV-2

infection

A contact tracing study presented at this year’s

ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease

(ECCVID) confirms the effectiveness...

US hospital admissions for non-COVID-19

have only partially rebounded from initial

decline

IMAGE: This figure is Exhibit 1 from the study. view

more Credit: J. Skinner et al. While declines in

U.S....

Dartmouth study offers new details on

pediatric mental health boarding

A Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal

Pediatrics, offers new details about pediatric mental

health boarding in...

Mystery of giant proton pump solved

Complex I is the first enzyme in the respiratory

chain, a series of protein complexes in the inner

mitochondrial membrane....

Shorter time from symptom onset to

hospitalization is associated with worse

outcome in patients with COVID-19

New research presented at this week’s ESCMID

Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held

online) shows that a shorter...

Chemists from RUDN University

developed biodegradable antibacterial

film for storing food

IMAGE: A team of chemists from RUDN University

created an antibacterial coating for food products.

The mixture consists...

Study demonstrates SARS-CoV-2

emergence was associated with a large

drop in the circulation of other

respiratory viruses during the first wave

Analysis of samples taken to test for respiratory

viruses over the past five years suggests that the

emergence of SARS-CoV-2...

New Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug

shows benefit in Duke trial

DURHAM, N.C. — A new drug offers hope for young

boys with the progressive neuromuscular disease

Duchenne muscular dystrophy...

Criticism of COVID-19 models by

democratic political leaders may erode

public trust in science

Criticisms of COVID-19 models by Democratic elites

in May 2020 appeared to undermine public support

for the models’...

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Are YOU a victim

of hidden diabetes? (Believe it or not, I

was too!)

The small, scaly area on my chest didn’t overly

worry me but as it was growing, albeit slowly, I

thought I should have...

JANE CLARKE, one of the UK’s top

dietitians reveals how you can EAT to

beat disease

What’s the biggest health threat we all face? Most

people might think it’s cancer. Or heart disease, or

dementia. In...

Only one in FIVE Britons with tell-tale

symptoms of Covid-19 are self-isolating,

study reveals

Just one in five Britons with tell-tale symptoms of

coronavirus are choosing to self-isolate, research

revealed today. King’s...

Coronavirus UK: How quickly is the

outbreak REALLY growing?

Between 9,000 and 16,000 Britons are getting

infected with coronavirus every day, according to

researchers monitoring the...

First coronavirus vaccine will not be a

‘silver bullet’, scientists warn government

The first coronavirus vaccine will not be a ‘silver

bullet’ and is unlikely to stop people catching the

disease,...

Care home residents and staff ‘will be

first to get a Covid-19 vaccine’




Is Britain’s coronavirus outbreak taking

off again? Infections are up 48% in a

week

Covid-19 infections clearly started to rise after

‘Super Saturday’, according to an analysis of official

London is put on lockdown watch-list

after a spike in Covid-19 infections and

hospital admissions

Britain’s coronavirus R rate could now be as high as

1.5, government scientific advisers warned today

after...

Twinkling, star-shaped brain cells may

hold the key to why, how we sleep

Led by researchers at Washington State University’s

Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, the study builds

new momentum...

data...

Primate brain size does not predict their

intelligence

Humans and non-human primates are among the

most intelligent living beings. Their brain size may

underly their intelligence...

Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-

19 virus attachment

Low doses of these antibodies, individually or as a

cocktail, were also shown to protect hamsters from

infection when exposed...

3D-printed nasal swabs work as well as

commercial swabs for COVID-19

diagnostic testing, study finds

Now, a multisite clinical trial led by the University of

South Florida Health (USF Health) Morsani College

of Medicine and...

How do Americans view the virus?

Anthropology professor examines

attitudes, perceptions of COVID-19

Hardy spoke to a man who had polio as a child and

had to live in a home with an iron lung away from his

family. He said he...

Age restrictions for handguns make little

difference in homicides, study finds

“The central issue is that there’s a very high degree

of informal access to firearms, such as through

family...

Research challenges conventional

wisdom about key autism trait

Publishing findings in the leading journal BRAIN, the

scientists from the universities of Exeter and Bath

present fresh evidence...

A better alternative to phthalates?

In collaboration with the Medical University of South

Carolina, researchers at the National Institute of

Standards and Technology...

Study reveals design flaws of chatbotbased

symptom-checker apps

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Millions of people turn

to their mobile devices when seeking medical

advice. They’re able...

NASA observations aid efforts to track

California’s wildfire smoke from space

IMAGE: On Aug. 31, MODIS detected several

hotspots in the August Complex Fire in California, as

well as several other...

Stem cells can repair Parkinson’sdamaged

circuits in mouse brains

IMAGE: Su-Chun Zhang talking to a researcher in

his laboratory at the Waisman Center of the

University of Wisconsin-Madison. ...

FSU researchers help develop

sustainable polymers

IMAGE: Rufina Alamo, Simon Ostrach Professor of

Engineering and Distinguished Research Professor

of Chemical and Biomedical...

Ascorbic acid-mediated reactions in

organic synthesis

One of the important objectives of green chemistry

is the use of eco-friendly solvents and catalysts to

perform chemical...

Coldest Northern Hemisphere

temperature, first recorded by UW,

officially confirmed

MADISON, Wis. — Nearly 30 years after recording a

temperature of minus 93.2 degrees Fahrenheit

(minus 69.6 Celsius)...

160 genes linked to brain shrinkage in

study of 45,000 adults

SAN ANTONIO – A new study implicates 160 genes

in brain shrinkage seen on MRIs of 45,000 healthy

adults. The shrinkage...

Faced with shortages, researchers

combine heat and humidity to disinfect

N95 masks

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the world

early this year, shortages of protective equipment

such as N95 masks left...

Lizzo says body positivity has become

too ‘commercialised’ and ‘cool’

Grammy-winning US singer Lizzo believes the body

positivity movement has become “commercialised”

by the mainstream...

Coronavirus: ‘Government must publish

contact-tracing app data’

Coronavirus: England’s contact tracing app trial gets

under way

Covid vaccine: Trial of new coronavirus

vaccine starts in UK

A trial of a new vaccine that appears to train the

immune system to fight coronavirus has begun in

the UK. Early tests showed...

Covid: Coronavirus cases in England up

60% in a week

The rate at which the Covid-19 virus is spreading

appears to be speeding up. The R number,

indicating how fast the coronavirus...

Children are half as likely to be infected

with coronavirus as adults, study finds

US child deaths from coronavirus remain low at 100

as study reveals kids are HALF as likely to be

infected as adults New...

Half of Britons with tell-tale Covid-19

symptoms may NOT have the disease,

study suggests

Are London’s Covid-19 hotspots linked

by the UNDERGROUND?

London’s Covid-19 hotspots could be linked by the

city’s bustling underground network, according to a

striking...

Half of Britons with tell-tale coronavirus symptoms

such as a fever and persistent cough may not

actually have the disease,...

Comparing face coverings in controlling

expired particles

IMAGE: Laboratory tests of surgical and N95 masks

by researchers at UC Davis show that they do cut

down the amount...

COVID-19 spurs anxious, upsetting

dreams

WASHINGTON — The anxiety, stress and worry

brought on by COVID-19 is not limited to daytime

hours. The pandemic is...

NASA finds post-tropical storm Beta’s

clouds blanketing the Southeastern US

IMAGE: On Sept. 24 at 1:30 p.m. EDT NASA’s Terra

satellite provided a visible image of Post-Tropical

Cyclone...

Study shows Massachusetts response to

COVID-19 in nursing homes helped stem

infection rate

A paper just published in the Journal of the

American Geriatrics Society found that adherence to

infection control processes,...

A better alternative to Phthalates?

IMAGE: Former NIST postdoctoral Dr. Abby Wenzel

demonstrates the extraction process for the

measurements of DINCH metabolites...

New tool mimics human skin to allow

detailed study of mosquito biting

The tool, which uses an artificial blood meal and a

surface that mimics human skin, will provide detailed

understanding of...

Nerve cells let others "listen in"

IMAGE: Single fragment of a neuron in green and

the astrocyte processes mentioned in the

communication in yellow. ...

Novel educational program puts a human

face on biomedical research

IMAGE: TL1 scholar XInh Xinh Nguyen (left), who

studies scleroderma, shadowed Dr. DeAnna Baker

Frost (right) as she...

Higher narcissism may be linked with

more political participation

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A politically engaged

electorate is key to any thriving democracy, but not

everyone participates...

‘Trojan horse’ approach to kill cancer

cells without using drugs

The researchers created their ‘Trojan horse’

nanoparticle by coating it with a specific amino acid

— L-phenylalanine...

Fructose made in the brain could be a

mechanism driving Alzheimer’s disease,

researchers propose

The study was published in the Frontiers in Aging

Neuroscience and outlined the hypothesis that

Alzheimer’s disease...

Variation in genes associated with viral

entry of SARS-CoV-2 unlikely to influence

COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, study

finds

African Americans and Latinos in the United States

and ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom are

disproportionately affected...

Tracking shape changes in amazon fish

after major river is dammed

IMAGE: UMass Amherst biologists compared

museum collections of cichlid fishes from before a

dam was closed in 1984...

Novel neuroimaging study on

dissociative symptoms reveals wounds

of childhood trauma

IMAGE: Researchers have found connections in the

brain to dissociative symptoms view more Credit:

McLean Hospital Being...

New vulnerability found in lung

squamous cancer may facilitate drug

targeting

IMAGE: UNC Lineberger’s Chad Pecot, MD, and

colleagues, report findings in Cancer Research that

show the potential...

Remote neuropsychology tests for

children shown effective, study finds

Patients with a variety of neurological disorders

require periodic neuropsychological evaluations to

track their cognition,...

Placenta is initiated first, as cells of a

fertilized egg divide and specialize

In a study published in the journal Nature,

researchers looked at the biological pathways active

in human embryos during...

Historical racial & ethnic health inequities

account for disproportionate COVID-19

impact

IMAGE: Health care disparities in historically

disadvantaged communities like the Navajo Nation

are worsened by the...

Tree rings show scale of Arctic pollution

is worse than previously thought

IMAGE: Widescale pollution has caused devastating

forest decline east of Norilsk, Russia. view more

Credit:...

High-performance single-atom catalysts

for high-temperature fuel cells

IMAGE: Conceptual diagram of single atom catalyst

developed by KIST researchers view more Credit:

Korea Institue...

Ultrapotent compound may help treat C.

diff, reduce recurrence

IMAGE: Herman O. Sintim, the Drug Discovery

Professor of Chemistry in Purdue University’s

Department of Chemistry,...

The male Y chromosome does more than

we thought

New light is being shed on a little-known role of Y

chromosome genes, specific to males, that could

explain why men suffer...

Yew Trees hospital: Ten staff suspended

at mental health unit

‘My autistic daughter was held in a cell for two years’

Man dies from eating more than a bag of

liquorice a day

A construction worker in the US state of

Massachusetts was killed by his liquorice habit,

doctors say. The man, who has not...

NHS Covid-19 app: One million

downloads of contact tracer for England

and Wales

NHS Covid-19 app: How England and Wales’

contact-tracing service works

Americans who don’t speak English

nearly FIVE TIMES more likely to test

positive for coronavirus

Americans who don’t speak English are nearly FIVE

TIMES more likely to test positive for coronavirus –

but less...

Coronavirus: Test turnaround times

getting longer in England

People are waiting longer for test results from

England’s community Covid testing centres, figures

show. Only 28% of...

Vaccinations for children from lowincome

families have plunged by more

than 20%

Childhood vaccinations have plummeted in the US

amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new report finds.

Between March and May...

Fewer than ONE PERCENT of US

students and teachers have caught

coronavirus

Fewer than ONE PERCENT of US students and

teachers have caught coronavirus since classes

started, study finds Only 0.22%...

Britain hasn’t learnt from March and is

about to make another ‘mistake’, SAGE

members warn

Britain hasn’t learnt its lesson from the first wave of

coronavirus and is on the brink of making another

‘mistake’,...

England, Scotland and Wales declare 33

new Covid-19 deaths

Britain today recorded 6,634 more cases of

coronavirus and 40 deaths as figures show

infections have doubled in a week. Yvonne...

Plastic face shields DON’T work

Plastic face shields allow nearly 100 per cent of tiny

airborne droplets released by coronavirus-infected

patients to escape...

Herd immunity wouldn’t work without

overwhelming the NHS, study finds

Relying on the herd immunity strategy in Britain

wouldn’t work because the risk of overwhelming the

NHS would be too...

Job security, finances strongly related to

increased anxiety during pandemic

Unprecedented unemployment rates don’t just have

an impact on the unemployed, though. For people

still employed during...

Researchers examine COVID-19 impact

on manufacturing

In a study published July 27 in IEEE Engineering

Management Review, two faculty members from the

Naveen Jindal School of...

Uncovering a ‘suPAR’ culprit behind

kidney injury in COVID-19

“We don’t known exactly why patients with severe

COVID-19 have a high rate of kidney injury,” says

Salim...

Talc and petroleum jelly among the best

lubricants for people wearing PPE, study

finds

However, extended PPE use, particularly on the

delicate skin of the face, can cause friction and

shear injuries like skin...

Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to

genetic mutations or antibodies that

attack the body

At least 3.5 percent of study patients with severe

COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel

coronavirus, have mutations...

Loneliness levels high during COVID-19

lockdown

Loneliness is a significant public health issue and is

associated with worse physical and mental health as

Mapping the human heart, cell by cell

Now a team of scientists has created the first atlas

of human heart cells, a collection of maps showing

nearly half a million...

Accuracy of commercial antibody kits for

SARS-CoV-2 varies widely

Throat and nose swab tests for SARS-CoV-2

establish if someone is infected with the virus that

causes coronavirus disease...

Scientists Discover Genetic and

Immunologic Underpinnings of Some

Cases of Severe COVID-19

well as increased...

IMAGE: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of

a dying cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2

(yellow), the...

What new research reveals about rude

workplace emails

Researchers found rude emails at work can lead to

significant distress for employees. The researchers

say that “active”...

First PhytoFrontiers? paper discusses

arabidopsis response to caterpillars

IMAGE: PhytoFrontiers Cover view more Credit:

APS The PhytoFrontiers editorial board, led by

editor-in-chief...

Color-coded biosensor illuminates in real

time how viruses attack hosts

IMAGE: A single cell that shows different types of

translation in different colors, using a color-coded

biosensor. ...

3D camera earns its stripes at Rice

IMAGE: Patterns adorns a static model used to test

Rice University’s Hyperspectral Stripe Projector,

which combines...

Atom-Billiards with X-Rays: a new

Approach to look inside of Molecules

IMAGE: Those atoms, which have undergone

interaction with two photons simultaneously hit the

detector in a line (horizontal,...

10,000 unexpected deaths have occurred

in private homes since mid-June despite

Covid-19 slump

At least 10,000 people have unexpectedly died in

their own home since mid-June, official statistics

show. Seven-hundred ‘excess...

How do Americans view the virus?

Anthropology professor examines

attitudes of COVID

In her ongoing research about Americans’

responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, Northern

Arizona University anthropology...

Simpler models may be better for

determining some climate risk

IMAGE: House in Rhode Island in the midst of a

flood in 2007. view more Credit: NOAA Typically,

computer...

US trial of Oxford University’s Covid-19

vaccine STILL on hold waiting on FDA

decision

Scientists are calling for answers as to why the US

arm of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine trial is still on hold

— two...

Test and Trace gets worse AGAIN: Just

1.8% taking home tests get Covid-19

results back in 24 hours

Test and Trace is still getting worse, as official

figures today revealed the number of people getting

their swab result...

Challenge trial volunteer reveals he’ll be

cooped up for two weeks to test trial

Covid-19 jabs

One of the volunteers for a controversial vaccine

trial where they will be deliberately infected with

coronavirus revealed...

Thousands of doctors and nurses are

having to take time off work because they

can’t get tested

More than 1.3million days of work were lost in the

NHS in England due to coronavirus-related sickness

over three months,...

Boots suspends booking for flu jabs amid

‘unprecedented demand’

Boots suspends booking for flu jabs amid

‘unprecedented demand’ after Britons were told to

get vaccinated to...

Coronavirus London: Lockdown fears as

hospital admissions triple

London is thought to be on the brink of a localised

lockdown — but official figures show the outbreak

may finally be slowing...

Number 10 was briefed by Sweden’s

controversial anti-lockdown

epidemiologist Anders Tegnell

Boris Johnson was briefed by the architect behind

Sweden‘s anti-lockdown strategy before he

announced a raft of new...

When does a second COVID-19 surge

end? Look at the data

The first published paper on second-surge COVID-

19 infections from US states suggests that

policymakers should look for demonstrable...

Researchers find diminished response by

‘killer’ T cells in elderly COVID-19 patients

“Elderly people have more severe diseases

compared to young people, and we found that the

cytotoxic part of immune...

Neurological consequences of COVID-19:

The ‘Silent Wave’

“Although scientists are still learning how the SARS-

CoV-2 virus is able to invade the brain and central

nervous system,...

COVID-19 opens a partisan gap on voting

by mail

Based on nationally representative surveys

conducted in the spring of 2020 and through the

summer, researchers report a significantly...

COVID-19 ‘prediction model’ uses data

that can help determine if patients’

conditions are likely to worsen

Brian Garibaldi, M.D., associate professor of

medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of

Medicine, led a team that...

Silk offers homemade solution for COVID-

19 prevention

New mechanism of action against SARS-

CoV-2 by antiviral drug remdesivir

Next to a single-use N95 respirator or surgical mask,

UC found the best alternative could be made by a

hungry little caterpillar....

The research team previously demonstrated how

remdesivir inhibits the COVID-19 virus’s polymerase

or replication machinery...

Parental touch reduces pain responses in

babies’ brains

Being held by a parent with skin-to-skin contact

reduces how strongly a newborn baby’s brain

responds to a painful...

COVID-19: Berlin scientists lay basis for a

passive vaccination

Researchers at the German Center for

Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Charité –

Universitätsmedizin Berlin have...

Air pollution leads to increase in

electricity usage, study suggests

High levels of air pollution are forcing people inside

to consume more electricity, subsequently causing

even greater environmental...

Gravity causes homogeneity of the

universe

The temporal evolution of the universe, from the Big

Bang to the present, is described by Einstein’s field

equations...

Well-known molecule not found in cancer

cells after all

A new research result from Aarhus University shows

that a so-called circular RNA molecule, which has

been designated as carcinogenic,...

Putting virtual rehab for stroke patients to

the test

IMAGE: The specially designed games included a

boxing game where the player spars with a virtual

partner, ‘Bullseyes...

Bridging the gap between the magnetic

and electronic properties of topological

insulators

IMAGE: (a) and (b) show the electronic band

structures of Bi2Te3 and a magnetic topological

insulator sample; the Dirac...

Flu jabs limited due to high demand

Pharmacists and GP surgeries are having to limit flu

jabs to the most at-risk groups due to increased

demand. The Boots chain...

Covid-19: UK volunteers could be given

virus to test vaccine

The UK could be the first country in the world to

carry out Covid “challenge trials” – where healthy

volunteers...

Britain will ‘host world’s first Covid-19

vaccine challenge trial’, reports




Beer belly raises the risk of early death

from illnesses such as type 2 diabetes

and heart disease

Every 4in on your belly ‘raises risk of early death’:

Swollen waistline is a dire threat to health… even...

Placenta is initiated first, as cells of a

fertilised egg divide and specialise

The first stages of placental development take place

days before the embryo starts to form in human

pregnancies. The finding...

Covid-19: Daily reported UK cases rise by

a quarter

The number of daily reported Covid-19 cases has

risen by a quarter, according to the latest UK

government figures. There...

NHS Covid-19 app: England and Wales

get smartphone contact tracing for over-

16s

NHS Covid-19 app: How England and Wales’

contact-tracing service works

Diagnoses of several common health

conditions HALVED during pandemic,

study shows

Diagnoses of cancer and other life-threatening

health conditions dropped off dramatically during the

coronavirus lockdown,...

Boris Johnson urged to take action on

‘long Covid’ which causes symptoms

lasting for months

Boris Johnson is being urged to take action on ‘long

Covid’ and formally recognise debilitating side

effects...

CDC director says more than 90% of US

susceptible to COVID-19 but vaccine

predicted by spring 2021

The majority of Americans are vulnerable to

contracting the novel coronavirus, the director of the

Centers for Disease Control...

Smoking marijuana during pregnancy

increases risk of psychotic-like behaviors

in children

Smoking marijuana during pregnancy increases the

risk of psychotic-like behaviors, attention disorders

and sleep problems...

New ‘traffic-light’ lockdown system that

will send automatic alerts to phones is

set to be used

New ‘traffic-light’ lockdown system that will send

automatic alerts to phones is set to be used to

Four months later than planned, the

mobile phone tracing tool will be

launched across the country

Which iPhones CAN’T use the NHS Covid app?

iPhone iPhone 3G iPhone 3GS iPhone 4 iPhone 4S

trigger local...

iPhone 5 iPhone 5c iPhone...

Death counts fail to capture full mortality

effects of COVID-19, study finds

A study published in the Journal of Public Health

finds that for each person in the U.S. who died after

contracting COVID-19,...

Meditation for mind-control

He and collaborators conducted a large-scale

human study enrolling subjects in a weekly 8-week

course in simple, widely-practiced...

Sport and memory go hand in hand

Very often, right after a sporting exercise —

especially endurance such as running or cycling —

one feels physical...

Unraveling the genome in 3D-space

Breaks in our DNA, which can occur spontaneously

or result from irradiation or chemical insults, can

lead to severe problems...

Enrolling in health education courses

may help change student’s beliefs about

stress

A research team including Binghamton University

Health and Wellness Studies Lecturer Jennifer

Wegmann sought to evaluate...

Likely molecular mechanisms of SARS-

CoV-2 pathogenesis are revealed by

network biology

Such networks have been studied in organisms as

diverse as plants, humans and roundworms, and

they show a similarity to social...

Flood risks: More accurate data due to

COVID-19

A number of countries went into politically decreed

late hibernation at the onset of the Covid-19

pandemic. Many of those...

Weighted blankets can decrease

insomnia severity

Results of the randomized, controlled study show

that participants using the weighted blanket for four

weeks reported significantly...

Berry good news — new compound from

blueberries could treat inflammatory

disorders

IMAGE: A polyphenolic compound derived from

blueberry shows remarkable immunosuppressive

effects and can be useful...

Choanozoan and picozoan marine

protists are probably virus eaters

IMAGE: Sampling seawater in the Gulf of Maine.

view more Credit: Ramunas Stepanauskas and

coauthors Viruses...

New model — Antarctic ice loss expected

to affect future climate change

IMAGE: Antarctica seen from the R/V Laurence M.

Gould. A team of climate scientists at UMass

Amherst and Woods Hole...

Sky islands and tropical alpine

sunflowers at risk of disappearing

IMAGE: Páramo with Espeletia plants view more

Credit: Andrés Cortés, Santiago Madriñán and

coauthors As...

Sweet success: Heavy consumption of

sugary beverages declined in the US from

2003 to 2016

IMAGE: The proportion of heavy SSB drinkers (?

500 kcal/day) declined significantly among both

children and adults...

Climate pledges ‘like tackling COVID-19

without social distancing’

Current global pledges to tackle climate change are

the equivalent of declaring a pandemic without a

plan for social distancing,...

Provide shady spots to protect butterflies

from climate change, say scientists

IMAGE: Latin name: Gonepteryx rhamni. view more

Credit: Andrew Bladon Researchers have

discovered significant...

A new strategy of cell entry for some

types of parvoviruses

IMAGE: Peter Tijssen is a professor emeritus at

INRS who specializes in molecular virology. view

more Credit:...

Covid-19 restrictions could mean elderly

in care homes have no visitors for a

YEAR, Age UK warns

FEBRUARY – SAGE scientists warned Government

‘very early on’ about the risk to care homes

Britain’s...

Sweden’s second wave? Cases rise in

Stockholm prompting concerns over

supposed ‘herd immunity’

Sweden is debating enforcing new coronavirus

restrictions on Stockholm amid a small spike in

infections. The country’s...

British Medical Association calls for

government to make masks compulsory

INSIDE offices

Face masks should be made compulsory inside

offices to halt a devastating second wave

of coronavirus, leading medics warned...

Government’s warning of 50,000 cases a

day in October is based on few hundred

positive cases

The Government’s claim Britain could face 50,000

coronavirus infections a day was based on studies

involving just hundreds...

Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris

Whitty faced backlash over ‘herd

immunity’, emails show

Do tougher rules REALLY work?

Glasgow’s coronavirus outbreak has

slowed dramatically

Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris

Whitty asked for help to ‘calm down’ angry

academics after facing backlash...

Tougher lockdown rules could work, suggests official

data showing Glasgow‘s spike in coronavirus cases

was controlled...

Coronavirus UK: 27 fatalities in

preliminary daily death toll

Britain today recorded 6,178 cases of coronavirus

as government data shows the outbreak has risen

by around 37 per cent in...

SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy not

associated with complications in

neonates, study finds

On 25 March, Karolinska University Hospital in

Sweden launched a screening programme (PCR

test) for the new coronavirus for...

Gut microbiome plays important role in

sleep regulation

David Gozal, MD, the Marie M. and Harry L. Smith

Endowed Chair of Child Health at the MU School of

Medicine, said the study...

Proof-of-concept for a new ultra-low-cost

hearing aid for age-related hearing loss

Hearing aids are a major tool for individuals with

hearing loss — especially age-related hearing loss,

which currently...

Young working women bearing the brunt

of the UK’s second wave of coronavirus,

according to SAGE

Young women between 20 and 40 are bearing the

brunt of the UK’s second wave of Covid-19, NHS

hospital data reveals SAGE...

UK lockdown and air pollution: Nitrogen

dioxide halved but sulfur dioxide doubled

Researchers from the University’s School of

Environmental Sciences analysed data from the

Department for Environment,...

Prenatal cannabis exposure associated

with adverse outcomes during middle

childhood

The team’s analysis are the first steps in studying

the effects of cannabis on children as attitudes

surrounding its...

How microbes in a mother’s intestines

affect fetal neurodevelopment

While the maternal gut microbiota has been

associated with abnormalities in the brain function

and behavior of offspring...

Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, likely

by removing cholesterol that virus uses

to infect

UC San Diego Health researchers recently reported

that statins — widely used cholesterol-lowering

medications —...

Face-covering use up, more people are

taking COVID-19 threats seriously, study

finds

The results are in a new report published this month

by the Risk and Social Policy Group, a team of more

than 15 scholars...

Your neighborhood may raise your risk of

chronic kidney disease

A neighborhood’s overall socioeconomic status,

including income and education level, may influence

its residents’...

Alcohol, nicotine mix during pregnancy

increases health risk in newborns

IMAGE: Metin Akay, founding chair and John S.

Dunn Endowed Chair Professor of biomedical

engineering at University...

Three genes predict success of

naltrexone in alcohol dependence

treatment

IMAGE: Personalized alcohol treatment view more

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina

Considering...

SLAC invention could make particle

accelerators 10 times smaller

IMAGE: SLAC scientists have invented a copper

accelerator structure that could make future X-ray

lasers and accelerators...

UofA lab uncovers new mechanism of

action against SARS-CoV-2 by antiviral

drug remdesivir

Researchers at the University of Alberta have

discovered a novel, second mechanism of action by

the antiviral drug remdesivir...

Novel dual CAR T cell immunotherapy

holds promise for targeting the HIV

reservoir

PHILADELPHIA — A recent study published in the

journal Nature Medicine, led by researchers James

Riley, PhD, a professor...

New brain cell-like nanodevices work

together to identify mutations in viruses

IMAGE: An electron micrograph of the artificial

neuron. The niobium dioxide layer (yellow) endows

the device with neuron-like...

Broad beans versus soybeans as

feedstuff for dual-purpose chickens

Current practices of the poultry industry have raised

ethical and ecological concerns: ethical concerns

include the culling...

Coronavirus: Whitty and Vallance faced

‘herd immunity’ backlash, emails show

As the UK introduces fresh restrictions on social

contact to curb the spread of coronavirus,

controversy continues to rage...

Covid-19: Health workers ‘sick’ with fear

at thought of second wave

“The levels of anxiety amongst our staff that we may

go back to what we saw in April is beyond anything I

have ever...

Covid: US death toll passes 200,000

Media caption“It’s so disturbing… 200,000 deaths is

too many”: Three funeral directors...

Online training helps preemies

Every 11. baby is born too early in Germany, over 15

million globally each year. Although survival rates

have increased,...

Covid: Raab defends ‘targeted’ new

coronavirus measures

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has defended the

“balanced, targeted and proportionate” new

coronavirus measures...

When is HIIT the best exercise fit?

“The physiological benefits of HIIT or SIT [sprint

interval training] are well established,” says Matthew

Stork,...

Giant spider provides promise of pain

relief for irritable bowel syndrome

Researchers screened 28 spiders, with the venom

of the Venezuelan Pinkfoot Goliath tarantula —

which has a leg-span...

Early birds vs night owls: For diabetics,

an early bedtime is best

It found that night owls (people who went to late and

got up late, or ‘evening chronotypes’) have an

excessively...

Patients with COVID-19 may have higher

risk of kidney injury

According to Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, the Ralph C

Brown MD professor and chairperson of Rush’s

Department of Internal...

Kidney damage from COVID-19 linked to

higher risk of in-hospital death

The study was conducted in Tongji hospital in

Wuhan, China, which was assigned responsibility for

the treatment of severe...

A cheaper, faster COVID-19 test

“We started working on the issue of developing a

readily available testing method as soon as we saw

the developments...

Study identifies weight-loss threshold for

heart health in patients with obesity,

diabetes

CLEVELAND: A Cleveland Clinic study shows that 5

to 10 percent of surgically induced weight loss is

associated with improved...

Glycans in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

play active role in infection

Before the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can interact

with ACE2 on a human cell, it changes shape to

expose its receptor binding...

NASA sees post-tropical storm Teddy

generating heavy rain over Eastern

Canada

IMAGE: NASA’s IMERG rainfall product estimated

on Sept. 23 at 3:30 a.m. EDT (0730 UTC) that

Teddy was generating...

HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study

suggests

IMAGE: Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, and colleagues

found that patients taking drugs called NRTIs to treat

HIV and hepatitis...

Magnetic ‘T-Budbots’ made from tea

plants kill and clean biofilms (video)

IMAGE: Magnetically propelled microbots can clean

biofilms and kill bacteria. view more Credit:

American Chemical...

Guiding light: Skoltech technology puts a

light-painting drone at your fingertips

Skoltech researchers have designed and developed

an interface that allows a user to direct a small

drone to light-paint patterns...

Tiny worlds reveal fundamental drivers of

abundance, diversity

The natural world is astonishingly complex. After

centuries of study, scientists still have much to learn

about how all the...

NASA finds Dolphin swimming against

wind shear

IMAGE: On Sept. 23, NASA’s Terra satellite

provided a visible image of Tropical Storm Dolphin

approaching east...

Get in shape to fight off cancer: Learn

how to reset your own body clock

Taking regular exercise is one of the most important

ways of staying healthy and avoiding illness — and

the good news is...

Scientists question 10pm closing time

because ‘the virus doesn’t understand

the clock’

Top scientists today cast doubt over Boris Johnson‘s

10pm curfew on pubs, bars and restaurants to

control coronavirus,...

Halt post-disturbance logging in forests

IMAGE: Burned eucalypt forest in Australia.

Avoiding overall post-disturbance logging after such

major disturbances...

Schools need to stay open because

‘economic and social consequences’ of

shutting them are too high

Schools must stay open to protect children’s mental

health and avoid the ‘immense’ economic and

social...

Boris Johnson admits coronavirus

outbreak could be doubling every 20 days

Coronavirus cases in the UK could be taking as long

as 20 days to double in number, Boris Johnson

admitted today as he rowed...

Covid-19 carriers with no symptoms are

‘just as likely to transmit the virus’

Web resources bring new insight into

COVID-19

Covid-19 carriers with no symptoms are just as likely

to transmit the coronavirus as those who feel ill,

according to scientists. Two...

The study appears in the journal Scientific Data.

“Our motivation for developing this resource is to

contribute to...

Children’s immune response more

effective against COVID-19

A widespread and dangerous immune response to

the virus has been linked to acute respiratory

distress syndrome, the need...

Who is the weakest link? A better

understanding of global supply chains

But how important are large, multinational

companies in maintaining both local and

international logistic networks and should...

Playing video games as a child can

improve working memory years later,

researchers find

This is one of the conclusions from the article

published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. The

study involved 27 people...

Evaporation critical to coronavirus

transmission as weather changes

In a paper in Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing,

researchers studied the effects of relative humidity,

environmental temperature,...

How night vision is maintained during

retinal degenerative disease

The study in mice suggests that second-order

neurons in the retina, which relay visual signals to

the retinal ganglion cells...

ADHD study reveals unique genetic

differences in African American patients

Prior studies have suggested that structural variants

of the genome play an important role in ADHD.

However, these studies...

Most infants are well even when moms

are infected by COVID-19, researchers

find

The study, led by researchers at UC San Francisco,

suggests that babies born to mothers infected with

the virus generally...

Suicidality among adult survivors of

childhood cancer

A recent study found that survivors of childhood

cancer have a similar risk of having suicidal

thoughts compared with other...

Caregiving factors may affect

hospitalization risk among disabled older

adults

Few studies have investigated the potential impact

of caregivers and caregiver factors on older adults’

likelihood...

Study finds lung transplant patients not

given antifungal preventive drugs have

higher risk of death

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Antifungal preventive

medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first

year following lung...

Analysis reveals heart-related side effects

of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine

IMAGE: As the antimalarial drugs

hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn

attention as potential therapies for...

KIST develops ambient vibration energy

harvester with automatic resonance

tuning mechanism

Korean researchers have developed an energy

harvester that can generate electric power from

ambient vibrations with diverse...

Inside the secret lives of synchronous

fireflies

IMAGE: A stacked photograph of Photinus carolinus

fireflies flashing in the wild. view more Credit:

Peleg...

Controlling ultrastrong light-matter

coupling at room temperature

Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in

Sweden, together with colleagues in Russia and

Poland, have managed to...

Boys’ club barriers create issues for

Australian boards

Pale, male and stale – it’s certainly stereotypical, but

it’s a saying that still holds water when it comes...

Covid: Deaths near lowest level since

March

Coronavirus contributed to 1% of all deaths in

England and Wales in the second week of this

month. That’s among the...

Covid: Have local lockdowns worked?

After a summer of gradual relaxation, the UK faces

the prospect of further nationwide restrictions. But

about a fifth of...

Covid: Ban on meeting in houses

extended across Scotland

Media captionNicola Sturgeon announces extension

of ban on meeting in houses A ban on visiting other

people’s...

Covid: Boris Johnson calls for ‘resolve’

to fight coronavirus over winter

Media captionBoris Johnson said that collective

health depends on “individual behaviour” Prime

Minister Boris...

At least 1,600 could have spread COVID-

19 on planes, CDC data show

At least 1,600 people who developed coronavirus

boarded planes and could have infected 11,000

more passengers – but...

Scientists develop model to determine

which US states are in a second wave of

coronavirus

Scientists have developed a mathematical model to

determine whether or not US states are in a ‘second

surge period’...

Fewer than 40% of Americans plan to get

a coronavirus vaccine as soon as one is

available

Fewer than 40% of Americans plan to get a

coronavirus vaccine as soon as one is available,

new survey finds as Trump pushes...

FDA will make it harder for COVID-19

vaccines to get approved

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is

expected to issue new, tougher requirements for its

approval of a coronavirus...

CDC advises Americans to not trick-ortreating

or to costume parties in new

coronavirus guidance

Halloween is canceled: CDC advises Americans to

not go trick-or-treating or to costume parties but to

stay home and carve...

Exercising regularly and not smoking can

have a dramatic effect on your lifespan

study shows

Healthy habits could add EIGHT YEARS to your life:

Exercising regularly and not smoking can have a

dramatic effect on your...

UV-C light is effective for killing COVID-19

on N95s, study demonstrates

Researchers say the outside and inside of the

facemasks were decontaminated in a prototype

phototherapy unit that dispenses...

Why children ARE more protected from

severe COVID-19 than adults

Children may be protected from coronavirus by the

portion of the immune system that we have from

birth, a new study finds. Researchers...

COVID-19 mortality rates higher among

men than women

“The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a striking

gender bias with increased mortality rates in men

compared with women...

Test, isolate, communicate: Keys to

controlling a COVID-19 outbreak in a

long-term care facility

A new study led by Carl Shrader, a physician and

researcher in the Department of Family Medicine in

the West Virginia University...

Who’s Tweeting about scientific

research? And why?

Scientists candidly tweet about their unpublished

research not only to one another but also to a

broader audience of engaged...

Is rheumatoid arthritis two different

diseases?

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common type of

autoimmune arthritis, caused when the immune

system attacks healthy cells...

Small increase in risk of autism seen for

pre- and post-term births

The causes of ASD are complex and remain

unresolved, but they likely involve both genetic and

environmental factors. Some...

Nationwide study shows disparities in

COVID-19 infection for Black and

Hispanic people

Previous research suggests that people from racial

and ethnic minority backgrounds are at greater risk

of severe or deadly...

Complications from diabetes linked to

worse memory, IQ in children

DKA happens when diabetes goes undiagnosed or

is poorly managed. With DKA, blood sugar gets very

high as acidic substances...

COVID opens a partisan gap on voting by

mail

Before the pandemic, there wasn’t any difference in

the rates at which Democratic and Republican

voters actually cast...

Study shows light therapy is safe and

may benefit patients with TBI

BOSTON – Light therapy is safe and has

measurable effects in the brain, according to a

pioneering study by researchers...

Global change ecologist leads NASA

satellite study of rapid greening across

Arctic tundra

IMAGE: The study is the first to measure vegetation

changes across the Arctic tundra, from Alaska and

Canada to Siberia,...

Having high cholesterol levels early in life

leads to heart problems by middle age

Having elevated cholesterol during the teens or

early twenties increases a person’s risk of having a

heart attack,...

News coverage in Chicago

disproportionately devalues Black and

Mount Sinai researchers develop COVID-

19 mortality prediction model

IMAGE: Evaluation results for test datasets 1 (A)

and 2 (B) are shown here in terms of the ROC

curves obtained, as...

Stanford researchers combine CAT scans

and advanced computing to fight

wildfires

IMAGE: A piece of burning wood shown in X-ray

(left) and CAT scan (right). view more Credit:

Emeric Stephane...

Stanford psychologists investigate

COVID-19’s mental toll on teenagers

Hispanic lives

The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor

and Ahmaud Arbery added new momentum to the

Black Lives Matter social movement...

CDC says its guidance that coronavirus

spreads through the air was posted ‘IN

ERROR’

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC) says it mistakenly published guidance

suggesting that the novel coronavirus...

Pootack Orthopedic Seat Cushion review

Amazon

Hundreds of Amazon reviewers swear by this £19

orthopaedic cushion for creating a comfortable

home office By Emily Knott...

The COVID-19 crisis has taken a psychological toll

on people of all ages, but one group especially

affected is teenagers....

Bill Gates predicts the US will have a

COVID-19 vaccine by early 2021

Bill Gates predicts the US will have a COVID-19

vaccine by early 2021 – but ‘how quickly we end the

pandemic’...

Fauci says ‘divisive state’ of US interferes

with COVID-19 response

Top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci

warned that the ‘divisive state’ of the US is getting in

the way...

CDC committee delays vote on who

should get coronavirus vaccines first in

nationwide rollout

CDC committee delays vote on who should get

coronavirus vaccines first in nationwide rollout until

they know which shots...

Projection versus reality: Experts say

Britain could fall well short of Prof

Vallance’s warning

Scientists have questioned whether the UK really

could see 50,000 new Covid-19 infections a day by

next month as projected...

Professor Lockdown stands by

doomsday forecast that sent Britain into

lockdown

One of Britain’s top Covid-19 experts has stood by

his prediction that half a million people could have

died without...

Strong markets for cultured meat across

meat-reducing Germany and France

The research, published in the journal Foods by an

international research team from the University of

Bath (UK), Université...

UK passes 400,000 total coronavirus

infections with rise of 4,926 in a day

Britain today recorded another 4,926 cases of

coronavirus, with the biggest rise since May 7 taking

the country’s total...

New study reveals why flu can be

devastating for pregnant women

The pre-clinical study has overturned current

scientific thinking on the reasons why flu infections

affect pregnant women...

Mental illness treatment varies widely

among American adolescents within and

across zip codes

Using a national database of insurance claims,

Princeton University researchers investigated the

type of treatment adolescents...

New drug candidate found for hand, foot

and mouth disease

The compound of interest is a small molecule that

binds to RNA, the virus’s genetic material, and

changes its 3-D shape...

It is time to embrace cannabis for

medicinal use, say experts

Researchers found that hundreds of thousands of

UK patients were self-medicating with illegal

cannabis-based products for...

Parkinson’s disease is not one, but two

diseases

This is the conclusion of a study which has just been

published in the leading neurology journal Brain. The

researchers behind...

Targeting the treatment of autoimmune

diseases

The body’s immunological memory enables the

immune system to respond more rapidly and

effectively to pathogens that...

Personal interactions are important

drivers of STEM identity in girls

In a new paper published in the Journal of Research

in Science Teaching, Hughes and her colleagues

took a much closer look...

Engineers pre-train AI computers to make

them even more powerful

In 2016, a supercomputer beat the world champion

in Go, a complicated board game. How? By using

reinforcement learning, a...

NIH study details self-reported

experiences with post-exertional malaise

in ME/CFS

IMAGE: Using their own words and experiences,

people with ME/CFS described how debilitating

Study examines women’s attitudes

toward long-acting injectable therapy to

prevent HIV

Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly

effective method of reducing risk for HIV, yet use of

PrEP is uniformly...

When bots do the negotiating, humans

more likely to engage in deceptive

techniques

Recently computer scientists at USC Institute of

Technologies (ICT) set out to assess under what

PEM can be in a study in...

conditions humans would...

NASA imagery reveals strongest areas of

Tropical Storm Beta

IMAGE: On Sept. 21 at 3:29 p.m. EDT (1929 UTC)

NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Storm Beta

using the Atmospheric...

Mining molecular data with cryo-EM

unveils hidden biological secrets

IMAGE: Abhishek Singharoy is a researcher at the

Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery

and ASU’s...

NASA sees Hurricane Teddy threaten

Eastern Canada


the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite

gathered temperature...

Coronavirus restrictions are extended

across NI

Covid-19 restrictions are to be extended to all of

Northern Ireland from 18:00 BST on Tuesday, the

Stormont Executive has...

Smart cells: Chemists develop tool with

potential to treat illness at the cellular

level

New research by an international team of chemists

describes a new type of artificial cell that can

communicate with other...

Covid: UK coronavirus alert level moving

to 4

The UK’s coronavirus alert level is being upgraded

from 3 to 4, meaning transmission is “high or rising

exponentially”,...

Flu jab ‘more important than ever’ this

winter

People are being advised to get a flu jab to help

protect against the “double danger” of flu and

coronavirus....

Covid: Pubs and restaurants in England

to have 10pm closing times

All pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality

venues in England must have a 22:00 closing time

from Thursday, to help...

TASTE test may predict how severely ill

coronavirus patients will become, study

finds

Could a TASTE test predict who will get severely ill

from coronavirus? Patients who can’t detect bitter

flavors are...

‘Do I need a hernia operation if I’m not in

pain?’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your

health questions

My doctor has advised me to have my hernia

treated, even though it doesn’t cause me pain. I

would like to have the procedure...

Lack of sunshine does NOT make people

feel more depressed, new study claims

‘No such thing as the winter blues’: Lack of sunshine

does NOT make people feel more depressed, new

study claims A...

Can vitamin pills protect you from

cancer?

Winter is just around the corner, and with the fresh

threat of a second wave of Covid-19, you are

probably thinking of giving...

Are you willing to try DIY dentistry? We

review the at-home remedies to get your

teeth stuck into

A trip to the dentist tops the poll of things in life that

make us most nervous, according to the Oral Health

Foundation,...

Are migraines and the menopause linked

to cardiac issues?

When I did my cardiology training in the 1980s, I

learnt that women with chest pain were ‘weird’, with

strange symptoms. This...

Corona-induced CO2 emission

reductions are not yet detectable in the

atmosphere

The corona pandemic has changed both our

working and our private lives. People increasingly

work from home, have video conferences...

Richmond emergency room experienced

a surge in opioid overdoses during

pandemic

Nonfatal opioid overdose visits to the VCU Medical

Center emergency department in Richmond

increased from 102 between March...

Researchers discover new molecules for

tracking Parkinson’s disease

The infection that could be more deadly

for students than coronavirus

Waking up with a pounding head and feeling sick,

student Ben de Souza put his symptoms down to a

hangover and decided...

Human trials of the Oxford coronavirus

vaccine are STILL on hold in the US over

safety fears

Human trials of Oxford’s vaccine are still on hold in

the US over safety concerns, two weeks after they

were first...

Soft robots, origami combine for potential

way to deliver medical treatments

The researchers from The Ohio State University and

the Georgia Institute of Technology detailed their

discovery, which makes...

‘Front of package’ nutrition labels

improved nutrition quality

“We wanted to know whether food companies were

responding to increased public interest in healthier

food,” says...

BCG vaccination in infancy does not

protect against COVID-19, Swedish data

Now, a new study published in Chemical Science

describes an innovative approach for identifying

molecules that can help track...

indicate

Controlled trials with the vaccine are in progress, but

in the meantime Clément de Chaisemartin, an

assistant professor...

The overlap between fear and anxiety

brain circuits

While “fear” and “anxiety” are often used

interchangeably, prevailing scientific theory

suggests...

Biomarker indicating neurodegeneration

identified in the eye

Diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease and

Parkinson’s Disease are the result of nerve cells in

the brain or peripheral...

Researchers identify new type of

superconductor

ITHACA, N.Y. – Until now, the history of

superconducting materials has been a tale of two

types: s-wave and d-wave. Now,...

Study reveals racial disparities in clinical

trial recruitment

Boston, Mass. – As electronic medical records

(EMR) become ubiquitous in health care settings,

scientists are increasingly...

Marine sponges inspire the next

generation of skyscrapers and bridges

When we think about sponges, we tend to think of

something soft and squishy. But researchers from

the Harvard John A. Paulson...

Researchers combine photoacoustic and

fluorescence imaging in tiny package

IMAGE: A new endoscope about the thickness of a

human hair uses a multimode fiber (MMF) for

fluorescence imaging and...

Evolution of radio-resistance is more

complicated than previously thought

IMAGE: Induced radio-resistant E. coli, evolve

complex mutation profiles as experimental evolution

continues and the...

Nearly 20 percent of americans don’t

have enough to eat

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – More than 18 percent

of U.S. adults do not know whether they will have

enough to eat from day...

Diabetes dramatically reduces the

kidney’s ability clean itself

IMAGE: Drs. Zheng Dong and Zhengwei Ma, MCG

research associate and the study’s first author. view

more Credit:...

Childhood sexual abuse: Mental and

physical after-effects closely linked

A new Canadian study reveals that the

psychological and physical effects of childhood

sexual abuse are closely tied. The...

Study finds shortening a coronavirus

‘superspreading’ event could have cut

transmissions by 86%

The amount to time you are exposed to coronavirus

may partially dictate how likely you are to catch the

potentially deadly...

Is soap made with BACTERIA the secret

to healthy skin?

We should be buying body washes and moisturisers

that nurture the billions of bacteria, viruses and fungi

that live on our...

Are the additives in our food making us

ill?

Our lives are being cut short by the toxic effects of

our ‘ultra-processed’ diet, according to new research

buried by...

Trump hints that PFIZER’s coronavirus

vaccine could be first approved

Trump hints that PFIZER’s coronavirus vaccine

could be the first to be approved in the US with

Johnson Johnson’s...

Is this the cure for sleepless nights?

Scientists believe ear zapper could help

banish insomnia

Ear clips that stimulate a nerve in the ears could

help treat insomnia. New research suggests that

using the clips for just...

London mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants

facemasks worn in ALL the capital’s

public spaces

Sadiq Khan today said he wants face masks worn in

all London’s public spaces in a 15-point coronavirus

crackdown he...

Physical and cognitive function have

improved meaningfully in 30 years

“Performance-based measurements describe how

older people manage in their daily life, and at the

same time, the measurements...

Shattered, headaches, forgetful? Don’t

assume it’s just age!

You know what they say: if you want something

done, then ask a busy person. Well, that busy

person used to be me. As a writer...

Are the government’s ‘scary’ graphs as

bad as they seem?

Experts today poured scorn over questionable

claims the UK’s Covid-19 outbreak is doubling in

size every seven days,...

How to improve the surgery backlog

during COVID-19

“As a surgeon, I understand why hospitals needed

to delay many elective surgeries to ensure there

was enough space...

AI could expand healing with bioscaffolds

A team led by computer scientist Lydia Kavraki of

Rice’s Brown School of Engineering used a machine

learning approach...

Long-term COVID-19 containment will be

shaped by strength, duration of immunity

“Much of the discussion so far related to the future

trajectory of Covid-19 has rightly been focused on

the effects...

Think you have chemical intolerance?

Answer three questions

To address this and increase awareness of chemical

intolerance, researchers at The University of Texas

Health Science Center...

Nanoparticle SARS-CoV-2 model may

speed drug discovery for COVID-19

The tool is a fluorescent nanoparticle probe that

uses the spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-

2 to bind to cells and...

Anthropologists compare a composite

measure of physiological dysregulation

among humans and other primates

But how, exactly, do our bodies weather with age,

and to what extent do people around the word

experience physiological aging...

Low-cost, frequent COVID-19 screening

of asymptomatic people could decrease

infections, deaths and be cost-effective

COVID-19 testing refers generally to testing of

people with symptoms of the illness, while screening

refers to testing of...

COVID-19 screening of asymptomatic

people could decrease infections, deaths

BOSTON – New research suggests when the

COVID-19 pandemic is slowing, low-cost, recurring

screening of asymptomatic...

2020 Arctic sea ice minimum at second

lowest on record

NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center

(NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder

shows that the 2020 minimum...

How we age

It is well understood that mortality rates increase

with age. Whether you live in Tokyo, rural

Tennessee or the forests of...

E. coli bacteria offer path to improving

photosynthesis

IMAGE: Maureen Hanson, left, professor of

molecular biology and genetics and plant biology

and Myat Lin, research associate,...

Hyperbolic metamaterials exhibit 2T

physics

IMAGE: Comparison of gravitational and optical

behavior. V. Smolyaninova et al. view more Credit:

V. Smolyaninova...

40% of O’ahu, Hawai’i beaches could be

lost by mid-century

IMAGE: Residential area on O’ahu that has

experienced significant beach loss due to erosion

and shoreline hardening....

Suspension of fertility treatments during

COVID-19 has mental health impacts

The suspension of fertility treatments due to the

COVID-19 pandemic has had a variety of

psychological impacts on women whose...

‘Best’ hospitals should be required to

deliver tobacco treatment

A UCLA-led report published today in the Journal of

the American Medical Association Internal Medicine

exposes what the authors...

Dr Patrick Vallance: ‘Epidemic is doubling

every seven days’

The government’s chief scientific advisor Sir Patrick

Vallance says measures must be taken to stop the

almost-weekly...

Coronavirus: WHO sets rules for testing

African herbal remedies

China-US rivalry in Africa fuelled by coronavirus

UK could face 50,000 Covid cases a day

by mid-October

Media captionChief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick

Vallance says measures must be taken to stop the

spread of Covid-19 The...

US Congressional report condemns

China, WHO for COVID ‘cover-up’

Trump blasts President Xi after US Congressional

report condemns China and the WHO for ‘covering

up’ coronavirus...

Sadiq Khan is meeting council leaders

over new lockdown restrictions for

capital

Covid infection rates in 20 London boroughs are

higher than areas of England already hit by

restrictions, new data revealed...

The number of Americans hospitalized

for alcoholism has risen 3.5% since 1998,

study finds

US hospitalizations for alcoholism have risen 3.5%

since 1998 – but the death rate for patients who get

treated has...

Manchester authority tells care homes to

accept Covid patients being discharged

from hospital

A Manchester authority has reportedly told care

homes to accept Covid-19 patients being discharged

from hospitals to free...

Britain could still get a vaccine by

CHRISTMAS, Sir Patrick Vallance says




Coronavirus UK: Where will next hotspot

be after NE England?

Britain records 11 more coronavirus

deaths and 4,368 cases

Covid-19 will continue spreading down the North

East coast over the next fortnight and outbreaks will

continue growing in...

Britain today recorded another 4,368 coronavirus

cases and 11 more deaths as Britain stands on the

brink of being hit by...

A computer predicts your thoughts,

creating images based on them

The technique is based on a novel brain-computer

interface. Previously, similar brain-computer

interfaces have been able...

Archaeology uncovers infectious disease

spread 4000 years ago

Yaws — from the same bacteria species responsible

for syphilis (Treponema pallidum) — is a childhood

disease...

Scientists advance understanding of

blood-brain barrier health

In addition to a tough outer shell, brains have

internal defenses, including a powerful shield called

the blood-brain barrier...

New discovery to have huge impact on

development of future battery cathodes

IMAGE: New paper in Nature Energy, reveals how

researchers fully identified the nature of oxidised

oxygen in the important...

Astronomers discover an Earth-sized "pi

planet" with a 3.14-day orbit

In a delightful alignment of astronomy and

mathematics, scientists at MIT and elsewhere have

discovered a “pi Earth”...

Mirror-like photovoltaics get more

electricity out of heat

New heat-harnessing “solar” cells that reflect 99% of

the energy they can’t convert to electricity could...

Awareness of COVID-19 in severe

dementia patients

IMAGE: The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019

(COVID-19) pandemic has substantially affected

patients with dementia and...

Engineers imitate human hands to make

better sensors

IMAGE: Penn State researchers helped develop a

dual-mode sensor that functions as electronic skin to

measure the dynamic...

Ribeye-eating pigs demonstrate protein

quality for humans

URBANA, Ill. – Nearly a decade ago, the UN’s Food

and Agriculture Organization (FAO) developed a

new index to...

A link between sensory neurons

activation and the immune system

Pain is a protective mechanism, alerting us to

danger by generating an unpleasant sensation. The

warning message is carried...

Bio-based inhibition of gas hydrate

formation

IMAGE: Synthesis of epoxidized sunflower oil

(ESFO) and phosphorylated polyol (Phospol) view

more Credit:...

Five-minute blast from a LASER boosts

women’s libido

Five-minute blast from a LASER boosts women’s

libido and improves their orgasms, scientists find

The study found that...

Study shows the major impact of

diabetes on the risk of falls

New research presented at this year’s annual

meeting of the European Association for the Study

of Diabetes (EASD),...

Male baboons with female friends live

longer

IMAGE: A 35-year study of more than 540 wild

baboons in Kenya links strong social bonds to better

chances of survival. ...

Your cells look young for their age,

compared to a chimp’s

DURHAM , N.C. — Many humans live to see their

70s and 80s, some even reach 100 years old. But

life is much shorter...

Spike in new nut anaphylaxis in children

at Halloween and Easter

A new study looking at the link between peanut and

tree-nut anaphylaxis in children and holidays found

spikes at Halloween...

COVID-19 and the decolonization of

Indigenous public health

Indigenous self-determination, leadership and

knowledge have helped protect Indigenous

communities in Canada during the coronavirus...

Black women may be less likely to

receive timely treatment for breast cancer

New research suggests that Black women

experience longer waits for treatment initiation than

white women after a breast cancer...

European survey shows alarmingly low

awareness of erectile dysfunction

IMAGE: Provision of eight visuals representing

significant statistics from the conducted survey. view

more Credit:...

College students with disabilities at

greater risk for substance abuse

College students with physical and cognitive

disabilities use illicit drugs more, and have a higher

prevalence of drug use...

Music boosts memories for ethnic

minority dementia patients

Hancock: Follow Covid rules or they will

get tougher

Charities are using tailored music to bring back

memories for dementia patients from ethnic

minorities. To mark World Alzheimer’s...

Media captionMatt Hancock: Follow rules or ‘more

stringent enforcement’ coming Restrictions will get

tougher...

Study shows that rheumatoid arthritis is

associated with a 23% increased risk of

developing diabetes

A new study presented at this year’s annual meeting

of the European Association for the Study of

Diabetes (EASD), held...

Couples can show linked behaviour in

terms of risk factors to prevent type 2

diabetes

New research being presented at this year’s Annual

Meeting of the European Association for the Study


Screening UK Biobank blood samples

identifies thousands of undiagnosed

cases of type 2 diabetes

A study of approximately 200,000 blood samples

from the UK Biobank has identified more than 2,000

undiagnosed cases of type...

Study links higher level of exercise to

25% to 32% lower risk of all-cause

mortality in people with type 2 diabetes

New research presented at this year’s Annual

Meeting of the European Association for the Study


PARPi olaparib for the targeted treatment

of metastatic prostate cancer

IMAGE: Joaquin Mateo, Principal Investigator of the

Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology’s (VHIO)

Prostate...

No benefit for post-operative

radiotherapy in non-small-cell lung

cancer

Lugano, Switzerland, 20 September 2020 – Postoperative

radiotherapy (PORT) used in patients with

non-small-cell lung...

Yale succeeds with a more inclusive

approach to heart transplants

New Haven, Conn. — Doctors at Yale New Haven

Hospital used a more aggressive selection process

to more than quadruple...

First new drug in years reduces

recurrence in high risk HR+ early breast

cancer

Lugano, Switzerland, 20 September 2020 – Adding

abemaciclib to hormonal therapy reduces the risk of

cancer recurrence...

ESMO 2020: Breast cancer drug set to

transform prostate cancer treatment

A drug used to treat breast and ovarian cancer can

extend the lives of some men with prostate cancer

and should become a...

Immune system may have another job —

combatting depression

An inflammatory autoimmune response within the

central nervous system similar to one linked to

neurodegenerative diseases...

Knowledge gained, questions remain on

severe COVID-19 infections

What The Editorial Says: Authors of this

editorial review the evidence for the management of

patients with the acute respiratory...

Shift in West African wildmeat trade

suggests erosion of cultural taboos

New research by the University of Kent’s Durrell

Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has

demonstrated a clear...

Human genetics: A look in the mirror

Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we

get here? Throughout the ages, humans have

sought answers to these questions,...

Increasing the effectiveness of cancer

treatments: Anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy

IMAGE: A schematic diagram of molecular

mechanism underling nuclear translocation of PD-L1

and its contradictory functions...

Covid: Can a ‘circuit break’ halt the

second wave?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK is “now

seeing a second wave” of Covid-19. Expanding

“local”...

Nano-microscope gives first direct

observation of the magnetic properties of

2D materials

IMAGE: New diamond-based nano-microscope

opens up potential for 2D materials. view more

Credit: David A. Broadway Australian...

Predicting the future of liver-safe drugs

IMAGE: Green: Bile acid, Red: PI, Blue: ROS in

human liver organoids view more Credit: Institute of

Research,TMDU Researchers...

Covid: £10,000 fines for self-isolation

breaches

People in England who refuse an order to selfisolate

could be fined up to £10,000, the government

has said. The new legal...

Aberrant electronic and structural

alterations in pressure tuned perovskite

NaOsO3

IMAGE: Electronic and structural phase diagram of

NaOsO3 view more Credit: Raimundas Sereika The

perovskite...

Like humans, chimpanzees can suffer for

life if orphaned before adulthood

IMAGE: A chimpanzee mother’s presence and

support throughout the prolonged childhood years

allow their offspring...

Raids and bloody rituals among ancient

steppe nomads

New way to halt leukemia relapse shown

promising in mice

IMAGE: 1700 years old skeletons of southsiberian

steppe nomads site of Tunnug1. view more Credit:

Tunnug 1...

IMAGE: CML stem cells, which are the cellular

source of the vast majority of CML cells, are

reportedly resistant to...

SUTD researchers develop simple

method to 3D print milk products

IMAGE: A – D: 3D printed milk structures of couch,

fortress, wheel, and cloverleaf, respectively. E: 3D

printed...

Promising computer simulations for

stellarator plasmas

For the fusion researchers at IPP, who want to

develop a power plant based on the model of the

sun, the turbulence formation...

Scientists predict economically important

traits of crops

IMAGE: Researchers of SPbPU developed a new

mathematical model to predict economic

performance of crops. view...

Potential new drug to mitigate SARS-CoV-

2 infection consequences

IMAGE: The inflammatory process identified in

severe cases of coronavirus causes an uncontrolled

and excessive release...

Why fit, healthy women are the most at

risk of long Covid

Pictured: Jeannie McGinnis, 48, from Sheffield, who

has been unable to shake of illness after first

showing symptoms...

Are corona passports really the magic

bullet Ministers hope they’ll be?

Normality was – frustratingly – within reach. For

months, infection rates fell and the pandemic

seemed to be behind...

Youngsters barred from seeing their

parents amid chaos over Covid

restrictions in care homes

Disabled youngsters are being ‘locked up’ and

barred from seeing their parents amid growing

chaos over coronavirus...

Killer lung infection that lurks in your

compost

Thousands of cases of a life-threatening condition

caused by mould lurking in compost heaps, pillows

and duvets are being...

DR ELLIE CANNON: Can anything cure

my sore and swollen legs?

I suffer from dreadfully swollen, red and sore legs,

which the doctor said is due to cellulitis, a skin

infection. I’ve...

Robot and 14 surgeons work on a single

cancer patient

A robot and three teams of surgeons worked

simultaneously on a single patient to perform what is

thought to be a first-of-its-kind...

HEALTH NOTES: This’ll shake you… too

LITTLE salt can be bad for us

HEALTH NOTES: This’ll shake you… too LITTLE

salt can be bad for us By Mail on Sunday Reporter

Published: 17:56...

How researchers look at the bird brain in

action

IMAGE: The research team (from left) Felix

Ströckens, Mehdi Behroozi, Onur Güntürkün, Tobias

Otto and Roland Pusch ...

Actively speaking two languages protects

against cognitive impairment

As well as allowing us to communicate with other

people, languages are the tool we use to convey our

thoughts, identity,...

Parents place children on risky exclusion

diets due to mistaken belief they could

beat allergies

Parents place children on risky exclusion diets due

to mistaken belief they could beat allergies Experts

blame allergy tests...

Glyphosate residue in manure fertilizer

decrease strawberry and meadow fescue

growth

IMAGE: Strawberry and meadow fescue were used

in the study. view more Credit: Viivi Saikkonen A

new study...

Confidence in the authorities’ handling of

COVID-19 provides good mental health

IMAGE: Martin Mækelæ and Gerit Pfuhl from the

Department of Psychology at UiT have looked at our

reactions to the...

Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks out on

space, politics, and science outreach

IMAGE: Host Neil deGrasse Tyson in COSMOS:

POSSIBLE WORLDS. view more Credit: Patrick

McElhenney/FOX The...

Evolutionary paths: Scientists have found

new patterns in protein evolution

IMAGE: Senescence and entrenchment in protein

sequences of vertebrates and insects. view more

Credit: A. V....

Development of high-sensitivity, wide-IF

band heterodyne receiver in THz

frequency range

IMAGE: HEBM structure and a micrograph view

more Credit: National Institute of Information and

Communications...

New first-line treatment option for

metastatic kidney cancer

Lugano, Switzerland, 19 September 2020 – The

results of the phase 3 CheckMate 9ER trial have

provided a new first-line...

‘Anxiety app helped me at my new

school’ says Essex pupil

Coronavirus: Teacher writes about

‘horrendous’ Covid-19 battle

An 11-year-old girl has spoken about how a new app

funded by the NHS helped her cope with anxious

thoughts as she started...

Famous photos of Marlow’s town centre – in colour

Cancer taskforce aims to reduce patient

backlog

A new taskforce will meet next week to kick-start the

recovery of cancer services across the NHS in

England. Charities believe...

Covid: PM considering new restrictions

amid second coronavirus wave

Media captionNewcastle pub-goers adapt to new

coronavirus measures Boris Johnson is spending

the weekend considering...

Scientists explaining how diverse species

coexist in microbial communities

Like all life, microbes require certain nutrients, such

as sunlight, sugars or nitrogen sources, to survive

and reproduce....

The Phish scale: New tool helps IT staff

see why users click on fraudulent emails

By 2021, global cybercrime damages will cost $6

trillion annually, up from $3 trillion in 2015, according

to estimates from...

Authoritative new analysis links

increased omega-3 intake to

cardioprotection and improved

cardiovascular outcomes

The research concludes that EPA and DHA omega-

3 intake is associated with reduced risk of coronary

heart disease (CHD) events,...

Many practitioners are not prescribing

HIV prevention medication

The study, led by Ashley Leech, PhD, assistant

professor of Health Policy, surveyed 519

practitioners in five major U.S....

Humans develop more slowly than mice

because our chemistry is different

In the early phase of the development of

vertebrates, the embryo develops into a series of

“segments” that eventually...

Uncovering the clock that sets the speed

of embryo development

Different development time-scales All mammals

follow the same steps to grow from embryo to adult.

This involves the same...

VLBA makes first direct distance

measurement to magnetar

Astronomers using the National Science

Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have

made the first direct geometric...

Ten minutes of massage or rest will help

your body fight stress

Allowing yourself a few minutes of downtime

significantly boosts mental and physical relaxation.

Research by psychologists...

Most homemade masks are doing a great

job, even when we sneeze, study finds

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Studies indicate that

homemade masks help combat the spread of

viruses like COVID-19 when combined with...

Engineers produce a fisheye lens that’s

completely flat

IMAGE: 3D artistic illustration of the wide-field-ofview

metalens capturing a 180° panorama of MIT’s

Killian...

After developing CRISPR test, UConn

researchers validate clinical feasibility for

COVID-19 testing

In March, researchers in the Department of

Biomedical Engineering– a shared department in the

schools of Dental Medicine,...

Complex phonological tests are useful for

diagnosing reading dysfunction

HSE University researchers have confirmed that the

level of phonological processing skills in children

can impact their ability...

New design principles for spin-based

quantum materials

As our lives become increasingly intertwined with

technology — whether supporting communication

while working remotely...

UC study sheds light on cancer

treatment, COVID-19

IMAGE: Trisha Wise-Draper, MD, PhD, associate

professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology

Oncology at the UC...

Up to 50% of people may already have

immune cells that could fight coronavirus

HALF of Americans could have some protection

against COVID-19: Studies find many people have

immune T cells to other coronaviruses...

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Here’s how you

CAN let a second wave wash over you

After a last, glorious blast of heat, the British

summer is almost over and we are now heading into

autumn. I normally...

Generation of three-dimensional heart

organoids

Heart development as it happens in vivo, or in a

living organism, is a complex process that has

traditionally been difficult...

How Dantu blood group protects against

malaria, and how all humans could

benefit

The findings, published today (16 September) in

Nature, could also be significant in the wider battle

against malaria. Because...

Rochester researchers document an

optical fiber beyond compare

IMAGE: The anti-resonant hollow core fiber features

a unique arrangement of seven hollow capillaries

arranged around...

Gene therapy corrects the cardiac effects

of Friedreich’s ataxia

IMAGE: Provides all-inclusive access to the critical

pillars of human gene therapy: research, methods,

and clinical...

new alteration in the brain of people with

Alzheimer’s discovered

Despite the important advances in research in

recent years, the etiopathogenesis of Alzheimer’s

disease is still not...

Buffalo-based study aims to connect the

dots on food access

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Researchers know from many

previous studies what prevents cash-strapped

shoppers in underserved communities...

Study links rising stress, depression in

US to pandemic-related losses, media

consumption

Irvine, Calif. – Experiencing multiple stressors

triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic – such as

unemployment –...

US adults experienced increased COVID-

19-related mental health challenges as

the pandemic unfolded

U.S. adults increasingly experienced symptoms

associated with acute stress and depression as

COVID-19 cases and deaths skyrocketed...

New method identifies antibody-like

proteins with diagnostic and therapeutic

potential for SARS-CoV-2

Scientists have used a new high-speed, in vitro

selection method to isolate 9 antibody-like proteins

(ALPs) that bind to...

Covid-19 in the UK: How many

coronavirus cases are there in your area?

There have been nearly 400,000 confirmed cases of

coronavirus so far in the UK and more than 40,000

people have died, government...

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite finds

tropical storm Noul fading over Laos

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite

provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical

Storm Noul over...

Amanda Bowles: Doctor error contributed

to anorexic woman’s death

Anorexia inquest: Doctor admits mistake in

Cambridge woman’s death

Coronavirus: Care home visitors to be

supervised at all times

People visiting residents in care homes should be

supervised at all times to ensure social distancing,

according to a government...

Coronavirus: ‘Widespread virus growth

across the country’

There is widespread growth of the epidemic across

the country and the R number has risen to between

1.1 and 1.4, say the...

US Surgeon General, vaccine czar, say

covid shot by election ‘improbable’

US Surgeon General Dr Jerome Adams says it is

‘improbable’ (although possible) that the nation will

have a coronavirus...

The US needs to perform 200 MILLION

coronavirus tests a MONTH

The US needs to be conducting nearly 200 million

coronavirus tests a month in order to control the

pandemic at its current...

Cut your risk of cancer: Brush your teeth,

don’t burn your toast, says PROFESSOR

ROBERT THOMAS

The more I delve into research from around the

world, and the more I listen to the experiences of

patients, the more convinced...

New high-speed test shows how

antibiotics combine to kill bacteria

Combinations of antimicrobial agents are invariably

prescribed for certain infectious diseases, such as

tuberculosis, HIV...

Smoking, vaping and second-hand

smoke may ALL raise COVID-19 risks,

studies suggest

Smoking may alter genes in a way that creates more

cellular entry points for coronavirus, new research

suggests. Australian...

PROFESSOR ROBERT THOMAS presents

his top 10 food heroes to help cut your

risk of cancer

Most of us know it’s important for our health to eat a

wide range of fruits, vegetables and herbs – and a

great deal...

Novel mechanism may confer protection

against glaucoma

In general, glaucoma patients are vulnerable to

increased intraocular pressure. However, a

particular group of patients has...

Coffee associated with improved survival

in metastatic colorectal cancer patients

The findings, based on data from a large

observational study nested in a clinical trial, are in

line with earlier studies...

Unverricht-Lundborg disease is more

common in Finland than elsewhere in the

world

Nose’s response to odors more than just

a simple sum of parts

In mammals, the sense of smell starts with the

detection of odors by receptors at the ends of

EPM1 is part of the Finnish disease heritage and it

is estimated to be more common in Finland than

anywhere else in the world....

special cells — called...

Connecting the dots on food access

A new University at Buffalo study based in Western

New York is the first that simultaneously examined

the preferences of...

NASA estimates powerful hurricane

Teddy’s extreme rainfall

IMAGE: On Sept. 18 at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC),

NASA’s IMERG estimated Hurricane Teddy was

generating as much as...

NASA-NOAA satellite sees tropical

depression 22 strengthening in gulf of

Mexico

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed

the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 18 at 3:40 a.m. EDT

(0740 UTC) and...

Defying a 150-year-old rule for phase

behavior

IMAGE: A five-phase equilibrium with at the top a

gas phase with unaligned rods (isotropic phase),

then a liquid phase...

A better informed society can prevent

lead poisoning disasters

Extensive iron and lead corrosion of the water

distribution system in Flint, coupled with lead

release, created “red...

NASA confirms development of recordbreaking

tropical storm Wilfred, ending

hurricane list


NASA’s IMERG estimated Tropical Storm Wilfred

was generating...

NASA’s aqua satellite helps confirm

subtropical storm alpha

IMAGE: On Sept. 18, 2020, NASA’s Aqua satellite

provided a visible image of Subtropical Storm Alpha

in the eastern...

Shape matters for light-activated

nanocatalysts

IMAGE: A study of aluminum nanocatalysts by Rice

University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics found that

octopods...

Evidence-based vocational rehab

practices raise employment rates after

spinal cord injury

IMAGE: Dr. O’Neill is director of the Center for

Employment and Disability Research at Kessler

Foundation. ...

E-cigarettes ‘CAN worsen heart and lung

conditions and must not be considered

harmless’

E-cigarettes CAN worsen heart and lung conditions

and must not be considered harmless, Government

report finds Department...

Hospitals are warned to clear beds and

brace for a rise in coronavirus patients in

TWO weeks

Hospitals have been warned they must clear beds

and brace themselves for a rise in coronavirus

patients in the next few weeks. Covid-19...

Covid-19 was the 24th most common

cause of death in England last month

Coronavirus was only the 24th most common cause

of death in England in August, official figures

revealed today. Data from...

Undersea earthquakes shake up climate

science

IMAGE: An artist’s rendering of undersea

earthquake waves. view more Credit: Caltech

Despite climate...

Dr Fauci says bars and restaurants

should stay closed

Dr Anthony Fauci is warning that bars and

restaurants should not reopen after Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention...

Matt Hancock denies that government

didn’t plan for spike in testing demand

Matt Hancock has denied the Government failed to

plan for a surge in demand for coronavirus tests,

and claimed the spike...

Chaos in Britain’s Covid labs: Scientist

lifts lid on government facilities

Covid testing ‘is dying on its a**e’, a leading scientist

warned today as he said he was ‘appalled by what...

Matt Hancock warns Covid-19 hospital

admissions are doubling every EIGHT

days

Matt Hancock today warned the number of

coronavirus patients being admitted to hospital is

doubling every eight days as he...

England’s coronavirus outbreak has

DOUBLED in a week, official estimates

show

Another 4,322 people have been diagnosed with

Covid-19, the Government announced today in the

highest one-day rise since...

Keys to control the ‘driver of cancer’s

aggressiveness’

Changing the balance between those two groups

might provide a way to control a dangerous protein

called SNAI2 that helps...

Consumers value difficult decisions over

easy choices

In a paper co-authored by Gaurav Jain, an assistant

professor of marketing in the Lally School of

Management at Rensselaer,...

Algorithms uncover cancers’ hidden

genetic losses and gains

Now, methods developed by Princeton computer

scientists will allow researchers to more accurately

identify these mutations...

Increasing the effectiveness of

immunotherapy against skin cancer

IMAGE: Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Mirjam Schenk, Institute

of Pathology, University of Bern. view more Credit:

Courtesy...

New roles for clinicians in the age of

artificial intelligence

Announcing a new article publication for BIO

Integration journal. In this opinion article the authors

Fengyi Zeng, Xiaowen...

Mapping the decision-making pathways

in the brain

IMAGE: In a simple behavioral experiment, rats

choose between better quality food that is delivered

in conjunction...

Quizzes improve academic performance

“I have a long history of trying to understand the

variables that contribute to learning and

performance in the classroom,”...

Mosquito-borne viruses linked to stroke

A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses

may be a trigger for stroke, new research published

in the The Lancet...

Who stole the light?

IMAGE: Schematic sketch of the scattering

experiment with two competing processes. The soft

x-ray beam (blue arrow,...

Researchers discover a novel family of

toxins used in bacterial competition

IMAGE: fluorescence image of bacteria attacked by

bacterial toxin. view more Credit: Ethel Bayer-

Santos By...

More than a billion school meals not

served during pandemic: Study

IMAGE: School workers in Maryland’s Somerset

County prepare meals during the pandemic. view

more Credit:...

A cold, flu or coronavirus

A cold, flu or coronavirus – which one do I have?

Video, 00:01:31A cold, flu or coronavirus – which

one do I...

Coronavirus: Test demand ‘significantly

outstripping’ capacity

Media captionBaroness Harding: It is “quite hard to

give you an accurate figure” on the level of

demand...

CU researchers call for national ethics

guidelines when student health surveys

uncover suicide-risk

Public health agencies need ethical guidelines for

deciding what to do when anonymous student health

surveys discover a very...

Coronavirus testing: Government claims

on test centres and international

comparisons fact-checked

The government is facing criticism over its “worldbeating”

coronavirus testing system after people

reported...

Coronavirus testing: Simple test gives

results in 90 minutes

A rapid test can accurately diagnose a coronavirus

infection within 90 minutes without needing a

specialist laboratory, say...

Coronavirus US: Infection fatal for fewer

than 3% under 35

Less than three percent of young adults hospitalized

with coronavirus die, a new study suggests. But the

research from...

Delayed immune responses may make

COVID-19 deadly for elderly people

Elderly people’s immune responses to COVID-19

may be delayed by three days compared to those of

younger adults –...

Bill Gates claims White House hired Scott

Atlas because he ‘agrees’ with ‘crackpot

theories’

Bill Gates claims the White House hired new

coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas because he ‘agrees’

with the Trump...

Toxic smoke and ash from West Coast

wildfires could make people more

susceptible to coronavirus

Over the last several weeks, record-setting wildfires

– fueled by winds, dry conditions and climate

change –...

Swabbing coronavirus with iodine for 15

seconds completely kills it in the lab

Could washing your nose with IODINE protect you

from COVID-19? Swabbing the virus with the

antiseptic for 15 seconds completely...

Coronavirus lockdowns, social

distancing and masks reduced FLU rates

by nearly 90% in the US

Flu cases dropped by almost 90 percent in the US

amid lockdowns, social distancing and mask-

CDC map reveals the 12 US states where

more than 35% of people are

‘dangerously’ overweight

Twelve US states now have obesity rates of at least

35 percent – more than ever before, a new map

reveals. More than...

Michigan reports suspected case of

deadly mosquito-borne EEE virus

Michigan health officials suspect a resident has

contracted the rare and life-threatening disease

Eastern equine encephalitis...

wearing due to the coronavirus...

Potential target identified for migraine

therapy

Neurons in the brain communicate with each other

by passing along molecules called

neurotransmitters. After a neurotransmitter...

Time-restricted feeding improves health

without altering the body’s core clock

The biological explanation for the phenomenon

remains poorly understood. So scientists from the

University of Copenhagen,...

Curve at tip of shoes eases movement

but may lead to weaker muscles,

problems

That’s the conclusion reached by Harvard

evolutionary biologist Daniel E. Lieberman, his

former undergraduate student...

A scientific first: How psychedelics bind

to key brain cell receptor

For the first time, scientists in the UNC lab of Bryan

L. Roth, MD, PhD, and the Stanford lab of Georgios

Skiniotis, PhD,...

Scientists discover what happens in our

brains when we make educated guesses

The study, published in the scientific journal Cell,

also reveals that brain cells can link different

memories while we are...

OHSU-VA research suggests strategies to

reduce missed appointments

Researchers from Oregon Health Science University

and the VA Portland Health Care System conducted

in-depth interviews with...

NASA finds tropical storm Noul packing a

punch

IMAGE: On Sept. 17 at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 UTC)


Aqua satellite...

New method adds and subtracts for

sustainability’s true measure

IMAGE: The captive giant pandas in China’s Wolong

National Nature are a huge tourist draw. view more

Credit:...

Ancient human footprints in Saudi Arabia

give glimpse of Arabian ecology 120000

years ago

IMAGE: Researchers surveying the Alathar lake,

situated within an interdunal depression in the

western Nefud Desert,...

Immunotherapy improves survival in

advanced bladder cancer patients

An immunotherapy drug called ‘avelumab’ has been

shown to significantly improve survival in patients

with the...

Tweets show vapers rarely use e-

cigarettes to quit smoking or improve

health

The vast majority of Twitter users who vape with

JUUL e-cigarettes are not using the devices to stop

smoking or to improve...

NRL, NCATS scientists develop method

to safely study COVID-19, other

contagious diseases

IMAGE: Image: Here we see the QD608-RBD binds

ACE2 and induces endocytosis. In this figure, the

top panel shows ACE2-GFP...

Private health insurers paid hospitals

247% of what medicare would

Prices paid to hospitals nationally during 2018 by

privately insured patients averaged 247% of what

Medicare would have paid,...

Pine-Sol gets EPA’s seal of approval for

killing coronavirus on surfaces

Pine-Sol gets EPA’s seal of approval for killing

coronavirus on surfaces within just 10 minutes of

cleaning –...

Six people who took part in the Fast800

programme show off the results

Before our 30 volunteers started on the Fast800

programme, they recorded their weight and their

waist measurements. As well...

Government promises new labs as

coronavirus testing slower than ever

A staggering 98 per cent of people taking

home coronavirus tests do not get their result within

24 hours, shock data showed...

Britain’s top surgeon admits ‘we’ve never

had to deal with anything like this’ with

NHS waiting list

The NHS could ‘easily’ win the war with Covid-19,

but the price would be losing the battle with cancer,

a top...

Is Britain REALLY suffering from a

‘second hump’ of Covid-19?

Top experts today dismissed fears the coronavirus is

‘out of control’ again after Boris Johnson pleaded

with...

Where’s next? North East will be hit with

10pm curfew from midnight tonight

Around 9.2million Britons have today been put under

tougher local lockdown restrictions because of a

spike in cases of coronavirus,...

UK records 3,395 new Covid-19 cases as

outbreak grows again

Coronavirus cases, hospital admissions and deaths

are all on the rise, government figures revealed

today as Boris Johnson...

September’s normal increase in coughs

and colds causing ‘utter chaos’ in postlockdown

Britain

Discoveries made in how immune system

detects hidden intruders

September’s normal increase in coughs and colds

caused by schools going back is causing ‘utter

chaos’ in...

Hwang, associate professor in the Department of

Biomedical Engineering at Texas AM University, has

written about this in...

New gene implicated in neuron diseases

Motor neurons control movement, breathing,

swallowing and speaking. Their death is a hallmark

of progressive diseases such...

Mathematical modelling to prevent

fistulas

A fistula is a connection between the vagina and

bladder or between the vagina and the rectum. It

can arise in women during...

Higher dementia risk in women with

prolonged fertility

“Our results may explain why women have a higher

risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

than men...

Smoking linked to bleeding in the brain in

large, long-term study of twins

In a 2010 study of nearly 80,000 twins from

Denmark, Finland and Sweden, results suggested

that SAH had more to do with external...

Why the dose matters: Study shows

levels and anti-tumor effectiveness of a

common drug vary widely

When the team of researchers and clinicians

measured how much itraconazole ended up in the

bloodstreams and tumors of 13...

New research shows how fast our brains

are at ‘recording’ new words

IMAGE: How much time does a brain need to learn

a new word? A team of Skoltech researchers and

their colleagues monitored...

New mathematical tool can select the

best sensors for the job

In the 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash, the recovered

black box from the aftermath hinted that a failed

pressure sensor may have...

Rapid blood test could detect brain injury

in minutes, study shows

IMAGE: Director, Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center

at UPMC and professor of neurological surgery,

University of Pittsburgh...

Invasive shrimp-sucking parasite

continues northward Pacific expansion

IMAGE: The cough drop-sized parasite Orthione

griffenis, native to Asia and Russia, has decimated

mud shrimp populations...

‘Cellular compass’ guides stem cell

division in plants

IMAGE: Image of a developing seedling showing the

cellular outlines in the epidermis, the outermost

layer of the leaf. ...

Genetic adaptation to climate change is

swift in crop pests

IMAGE: CU Denver researcher discovered genetic

adaption to climate shift is SWIFT in crop pests.


New study estimates nearly 90,000 cancer

cases diagnosed in adolescents and

young adults

ATLANTA – September 17, 2020 – A new report

examining cancer in adolescents and young adults

(AYAs), defined...

Eye hospital in ‘cataract drive’ to cut

Covid backlog

One of the world’s largest eye hospitals is

quadrupling its number of cataract operations, in an

attempt to tackle...

Imaging probe to visualize Alzheimer’s

disease-related gamma-secretase in the

brain

BOSTON – Scientists at the Massachusetts General

Hospital (MGH) have developed a molecular

imaging probe to reveal...

Coronavirus: Testing problems leaving

families in limbo

Schools are back, businesses are reopening and

winter bugs are starting to spread – meaning more

and more people are...

Covid symptoms: Is it a cold, flu or

coronavirus?

Colds, flu and Covid-19 are caused by different

viruses, but can have similar symptoms. It can be

hard to judge which one...

Coronavirus testing: What’s going

wrong?

People up and down the country have been blocked

from getting coronavirus tests in recent days, as

appointments were paused...

Blaming young people for spike in Covid-

19 cases may encourage them to give up

on social distancing

Blaming young people for spike in Covid-19 cases

may encourage them to give up on social distancing

and trigger a wave of...

Airport testing and closing borders

probably DO work to stop Covid-19, but

evidence is weak

Drastic travel measures to control the coronavirus

probably do work, a scientific review has concluded,

but the evidence...

People who wear eyeglasses FIVE TIMES

less likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19

than general public

Wearing eyeglasses daily may reduce the risk of

contracting the novel coronavirus, a new study

suggests. Researchers from...

Pregnancy is hard enough without the

nanny state judging you for a single

drink, says JENNI MURRAY

At your first appointment with the midwife, you are

excited and a bit nervous. Your longed-for

pregnancy has been confirmed...

Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘save Christmas’:

PM says UK must be tough NOW to

‘flatten the second hump’

Desperate Boris Johnson today pleaded for Britons

to ‘save Christmas’ by obeying his ‘Rule of Six’...

Stillbirths have surged up to 50 percent

amid COVID-19 lockdowns

Stillbirths have surged up to 50 percent amid

lockdowns in the coronavirus pandemic as pregnant

women avoid seeking care,...

Small ‘Cain-and-Abel’ molecule

discovered

The discovery by the Seyedsayamdost lab is

detailed in the Journal of the American Chemical

Society (JACS). The research...

North East England faces Covid curfew

on FRIDAY

Coronavirus cases have been increasing across NE

England The North East is set to have new

coronavirus restrictions...

Children with a runny nose DON’T have

Covid-19, expert warns

Children only suffering from a runny nose

‘absolutely’ do not have coronavirus, a top expert

has warned amid...

Many women suffering from severe

migraine might avoid pregnancy, but

should they?

Migraine is one of the leading causes of disability

worldwide, particularly affecting women during their

childbearing years....

Loneliness predicts development of type

2 diabetes

The results have implications in light of recent

findings that people with diabetes are at greater risk

of dying from COVID-19....

Extremely social robotic fish helps

unravel collective patterns of animal

groups

Researchers have long focused on identifying the

emergence of collective patterns. Thanks to a

combination of behavioral...

Perfectionists may be more prone to

helicopter parenting

So-called helicopter parents engage in what’s known

as “over-parenting” — hovering over their young...

Injectable hydrogel could someday lead

to more effective vaccines

To confer resistance to infectious diseases, vaccines

display parts of a pathogen — known as antigens —

to cells...

A ferry protein in the pancreas protects it

from the stress induced by a high-fat diet

Today, high-fat foods have become commonplace

and so has diabetes. The need for designing new

treatment strategies against...

Metformin for type 2 diabetes patients or

not? Researchers now have the answer

Metformin is the first-line drug that can lower blood

sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. One third of

patients do...

New cause of syndromic microcephaly

identified

Greenwood, SC (September 17, 2020) –

Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) researchers, in

collaboration with scientists from...

Texas Tech, Nanjing Agricultural

Research teams make plant nutrient

delivery breakthrough

When most people think of fungi, the thoughts are

usually not good, turning to something that does

damage more than those...

CNIC researchers discover a mechanism

allowing immune cells to regulate obesity

IMAGE: From left to right: Rebeca Acín-Pérez,

Salvador Iborra, José Antonio Enríquez and David

Sancho. ...

Engineered bacteria churn out cancer

biomarkers

ITHACA, N.Y. – Pity the glycan. These complex

sugar molecules are attached to 80% of the proteins

in the human body,...

Kang finds keys to control the ‘driver of

cancer’s aggressiveness’

IMAGE: A drug-resistant protein named SNAI2 helps

cancers metastasize and shields cancer from both

the immune system...

Emissions could add 15 inches to 2100

sea level rise, NASA-led study finds

IMAGE: Ice shelves in Antarctica, such as the Getz

Ice Shelf seen here, are sensitive to warming ocean

temperatures....

CDC director says ‘masks are more

guaranteed to protect you from COVID-

19’ than a vaccine

‘This mask is more guaranteed to protect me against

COVID-19 than a vaccine’: CDC director says that

Study: Europe’s old-growth forests at risk

IMAGE: UVM forest ecologist Bill Keeton walks a

low ridge line in a stand of old-growth beech in the

Alps, Kalkalpen...

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Food to improve

your mood… and boost your energy!

People often stop me in the street to tell me how

good they feel after shedding weight on my Fast 800

programme. As well...

face coverings...

COVID-19 may have been in LA before

CHRISTMAS, study suggests

More evidence has emerged that the coronavirus

pandemic started before China said it did as

scientists in California say...

Coronavirus kills off BRAIN cells, study

finds

Verifying reports of delusions and brain fogs, new

research reveals just how coronavirus attacks and

kills brain cells to...

Companies ‘will take four YEARS’ to

manufacture enough coronavirus vaccine

for the world

As scientists race to develop a coronavirus vaccine

to bring the world back to normal, MailOnline has

taken a look at the...

What’s REALLY behind Britain’s

coronavirus testing fiasco?

Britain’s coronavirus testing system has come under

intense scrutiny in the past 24 hours amid reports

that doctors,...

Pregnancy delays the onset of multiple

sclerosis by more than THREE YEARS

Pregnancy ‘delays onset of multiple sclerosis by

more than THREE YEARS’: Study suggests

hormones could be used...

The spread of coronavirus could

DOUBLE during influenza season

The spread of coronavirus could DOUBLE during

influenza season – but scientists say getting the flu

shot could lower...

COVID-19 measures deepening health

inequalities in slum communities

Measures to control the coronavirus, such as

quarantining and restricting travel, are exacerbating

existing economic hardship...

‘COVID-19 is here to stay for the

foreseeable future’

The authors have wide-ranging expertise in

archaeology, the allied geosciences and infectious

disease dynamics and represent...

Scientists uncover a novel approach to

treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy

“Our study shows that extracellular vesicles are

bioactive mediators that can transfer the benefits of

medicine —...

Factors inherent to obesity could

increase vulnerability to COVID-19

COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-

CoV-2, varies widely in clinical severity: Some

patients are asymptomatic...

Potential COVID-19 drug azithromycin

may increase risk for cardiac events

Another drug, azithromycin — a commonlyprescribed

antibiotic — also is being investigated as

a potential treatment...

Replicating a genome starts with a twist,

a pinch, and a bit of a dance

The scientists think the first piece of the complex —

ORC1 — finds the stretch of DNA where replication

is supposed...

Researchers ask: how sustainable is your

toothbrush?

Although the toothbrush is a widely recommended

healthcare device worldwide, there is currently little

quantitative data...

Men and women experience similar rates

of anxiety due to job insecurity

As more people work temporary gigs with little

protection, or fear layoffs in an unstable economy,

job insecurity is on the...

Typhoid: Study confirms Vi-DT conjugate

vaccine is safe and immunogenic in

children 6-23 months

September 17, 2020 – SEOUL, South Korea – A

new study conducted by IVI in collaboration with SK

bioscience shows...

New smart drug delivery system may help

treatment for neurological disorders

IMAGE: This drug delivery system includes a porous

biodegradable platform that can reduce nervous

tissue inflammation...

Live imaging method brings structural

information to mapping of brain function

T cells take the lead in controlling SARS-

CoV-2 and reducing COVID-19 disease

severity

Their work, published in the Sept. 16, 2020, online

issue of Cell, confirms that a multi-layered, virusspecific

immune response...

Child neglect linked to teen pregnancy

Children who experience neglect are seven times

more likely than other abuse victims to have a teen

pregnancy say University...

The key to happiness: Friends or family?

DALLAS (SMU) – Think spending time with your

kids and spouse is the key to your happiness? You

may actually be happier...

Children who take steroids at increased

risk for diabetes, high blood pressure,

blood clots

Children who take oral steroids to treat asthma or

autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of

diabetes, high blood pressure,...

Improving the efficacy of cellular

therapies

IMAGE: A distinct thicket of vessels and myelin

fibers are evident in each of six color coded visual

processing regions...

Researchers have gained a better understanding of

the complexity of the environment in which T cells

thrive and, by extension,...

Covid-safe mask for ENT procedures

offered to NHS for free

A protective device against coronavirus for at-risk

doctors is to be provided free to the NHS. The SNAP

device for ear, nose...

‘Not enough tests for five months due to

winter coughs’

If most people with a cough or fever request a

coronavirus test this winter, there won’t be enough

tests every day...

Coronavirus: PM blames ‘colossal spike’

in demand for test problems

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended the

coronavirus testing system, saying it is trying to

meet a “colossal spike”...

Coronavirus: Trial urges people to call

111 before going to A&E

People requiring AE will be urged to book an

appointment through NHS 111 under a trial in parts

of England. The aim is to...

Teenagers who are unpopular at school

face a greater risk of heart attacks

Teenagers who are unpopular at school face a

greater risk of having a heart attack or stroke in later

life, study finds The...

Bill Gates does not think the FDA can be

trusted with COVID-19 vaccines

Bill Gates no longer trusts US regulators – and

questions whether the Food and Drug

Administration’s eventual...

Chinese virologist claims the coronavirus

was cooked up in a military medical

facility

A Chinese virologist who alleges the coronavirus

was cooked up in a military lab has published a

report which she claims...

Fury over plans that could see pregnant

women who drink have it recorded on

baby’s medical records

Fury was sparked today over controversial plans

that may see pregnant women who drink alcohol

have all their consumption...

Manchester NHS hospital that saw 18

Covid-19 deaths last week fights an

outbreak

One hospital in Manchester accounted for a third of

all Covid-19 deaths in England last week, it was

revealed today amid...

Care home that sacked MP Nadia

Whittome for raising PPE fears admits it

DID have a shortage

Care home bosses who sacked an MP for criticising

shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE)

have admitted she was...

Reprogramming brain cells enables

flexible decision-making

Greetings without handshakes, mandatory masks in

trains, sneezing into elbow crooks — the COVID-19

pandemic dramatically...

CDC privately admitted it failed to track

coronavirus months ago


(CDC) effectively gave up trying to keep track of

coronavirus, admitting it...

Britain records nearly 4,000 new Covid-19

cases in highest daily total since MAY

Britain has recorded nearly 4,000 new Covid-19

cases for the first time since the start of May and the

number of people being...

Brain circuitry underlying dissociative

experiences

Between 2% and 10% of the population will

experience the mysterious phenomenon known as

dissociation during their lifetimes,...

Next-gen organoids grow and function

like real tissues

One can immediately appreciate the value of

organoids for both research and medicine: from

basic biological research to drug...

Building bridges: PARP enzymes bring

broken DNA together

The study also provides insight into the mechanisms

that underlie PARP activation and the catalytic cycle,

which may aid...

A new discovery in regenerative medicine

While it is widely known that adult skin cells can be

reprogrammed into cells similar to human embryonic

stem cells that...

Epidemics and pandemics can

exacerbate xenophobia, bigotry

But could these instincts, developed to protect us

from illnesses, generalize into avoidance of healthy

individuals who simply...

The unintended consequence of

becoming empathetic

“We found this interesting effect where people

wanted to improve on things like being more

emotionally connected to...

People’s life goals relate to their

personality type

The study surveyed more than 500 students when

they started college, each year during college, and

20 years later on their...

New Viking DNA research yields

unexpected information about who they

were

As pandemic progressed, people’s

perceived risks went up

In the popular imagination, Vikings were fearsome

blonde-haired warriors from Scandinavia who used

longboats to carry out...

In the first week of the coronavirus pandemic,

people living in the United States underestimated

their chances of catching...

Point-of-care biomarker assay for

traumatic brain injury

IMAGE: Focuses on the latest advances in the

clinical and laboratory investigation of traumatic

brain and spinal cord...

Researchers 3D print tiny multicolor

microstructures

WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed an

automated 3D printing method that can produce

multicolor 3D microstructures...

A novel approach to childhood obesity

prevention

IMAGE: Broad spectrum of issues and strategies

related to weight management and obesity

prevention in children and...

Researchers discover effective pathway

to convert CO2 into ethylene

IMAGE: Illustration of the ElectroCatalysis system

which synthesized the smooth nanowire and then

activated it by applying...

Coronavirus US: Minorities account for

75% of young deaths

Minority children and young adults account for an

overwhelming majority of coronavirus deaths among

Americans under 21, a...

Covid-19 cases among people in their 40s

and 50s have risen by 90% since end of

August

Covid-19 cases are soaring among middle-aged

people in England and have risen by upwards of 90

per cent in a fortnight as...

Scientists to examine the possibility

Covid-19 leaked from a Chinese lab

An international team of scientists will investigate

the possibility the coronavirus leaked from a lab as

they commit to...

Minimally invasive ultrasound-guided

carpal tunnel release improves long-term

outcomes

Leesburg, VA, September 16, 2020–According to

ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR),

ultrasound-guided...

Oncotarget: ATM inhibition overcomes

resistance to histone deacetylase

inhibitor

IMAGE: The combination of romidepsin and

KU60019 is synergistic in a xenograft model of MCL.

(A) The in vivo therapeutic...

How ‘healthy’ fruit snacks for children

can contain the equivalent of up to FIVE

teaspoons of sugar

Urban Fruits Gently Baked Strawberries contain 20g

of sugar in a small 35g bag It’s the same as five

teaspoons...

UK announces more Covid-19 deaths

The UK has announced a further 14 Covid-19

deaths in the early count, but none were reported in

Wales. Government officials...

US regulators are ‘very concerned’ about

the side effects of AstraZeneca’s vaccine

US regulators are ‘very concerned’ about the

potential side effects of AstraZeneca and Oxford

University’s...

How to get a private Covid-19 test in the

UK (but it could cost you £350)

Britain’s Covid-19 swab-testing system has been

crumbling this week as cases are surging and

hundreds of people say...

NHS hospital in Bolton begs patients

seeking Covid-19 tests to stay at home

NHS hospitals in Bolton, Plymouth and Liverpool

have urged patients seeking coronavirus tests to

stay away from their AE...

Tiny antibody component highly effective

against SARS-COV-2 in animal studies

The researchers report today in the journal Cell that

Ab8 is highly effective in preventing and treating

SARS-CoV-2 infection...

COVID-19 virus uses heparan sulfate to

get inside cells

University of California San Diego School of

Medicine researchers have discovered that SARS-

CoV-2 can’t grab onto ACE2...

Better material for wearable biosensors

Matthew S. Brown, a fourth-year PhD student with

Assistant Professor Ahyeon Koh’s lab in the

Department of Biomedical...

Doctors get plenty of advice on starting

treatment; this could help them know

when to stop

But in the push toward evidence-based medicine, a

new study says, a key step has mostly gotten

overlooked: helping doctors...

Late childhood peer group status linked

to heightened adult circulatory disease

risk

13-year olds who aren’t very popular with their

classmates seem to be at significantly increased

risk, the findings...

A quantum thermometer for measuring

ultra-cold temperatures

IMAGE: Researchers Professor Thomas Busch (left)

and Dr. Thomás Fogarty (right) after finishing a day’s

work...

Accurate labels like ‘aerosol’ or

‘chemicals’ increase perceived risks of e-

cigarette use

IMAGE: Dr. Matthew Rossheim George Mason

University view more Credit: George Mason

University A new study...

Women hold prominent roles, publish

more in ‘open science’ vs.

‘reproducibility’ model

IMAGE: Professor Taylor is a faculty member in

Lehigh University’s Department of Psychology with a

joint appointment...

Multi-institutional collaborative effort to

create a cell map of the human heart

IMAGE: Dr. Nathan Tucker of the MMRI. view more

Credit: Masonic Medical Research Institute UTICA,

NY —...

The accident preventers

Before autonomous vehicles participate in road

traffic, they must demonstrate conclusively that they

do not pose a danger...

NASA finds wind shear not letting up on

Tropical Storm Vicky

IMAGE: On Sept. 16, 2020 at 8:40 a.m. EDT (1240

UTC), NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible

image of Tropical...

Can life survive a star’s death? Webb

telescope can reveal the answer

ITHACA, N.Y. – When stars like our sun die, all that

remains is an exposed core – a white dwarf. A

planet orbiting...

Controlled dynamics of colloidal rods

IMAGE: Model of the colloidal rods of different

lengths, which move like chess pieces on a

magnetized chip. ...

Gamston doctor cannot donate blood ‘as

wife is African’

Residents’ shock as swan believed shot and cygnet

trapped in culvert at Pleasley Vale

Back to school during a pandemic: The

new normal

After months of virtual learning, some schools have

now reopened their doors to pupils. But with the

ongoing risk of coronavirus,...

Coronavirus: Report ‘rule of six’

breaches, minister urges

People should report their neighbours for any

suspected breaches of new “rule of six” limits on

social gatherings,...

India’s coronavirus infections top five

million mark

Coronavirus: India faces oxygen scarcity as cases

surge

Coronavirus second wave may not lead

to surge in deaths

Evidence from Sweden and America suggests that

Britain may avoid a second wave of coronavirus

deaths despite a rebound in...

U.S. records second lowest number of

new COVID-19 deaths since JULY

The US saw its second lowest number of daily

coronavirus deaths since July on Sunday, with just

378 fatalities – but...

No tests available in Bolton or ANY of the

10 Covid-19 hotspots in England

No walk-in, drive-in or postal coronavirus tests are

available for people with symptoms of the disease in

England’s...

Some doctors are still prescribing

antibiotics that can leave patients with

crippling side-effects

After being prescribed antibiotics for a suspected

urinary tract infection (UTI), Adam Sawczuk was

expecting to bounce back...

Seaweed capsule packed with stem cells

could repair damage after heart attack,

scientists find

A tiny capsule made from seaweed and packed with

stem cells is being tested as a treatment for heart

attack patients. Roughly...

How to stamp out painful bunions for

good: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your

health questions

How to stamp out painful bunions for good: DR

MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions By

Martin Scurr for the Daily Mail...

Could TURMERIC fight off the pain of

arthritis?

Could TURMERIC fight off the pain of arthritis?

Scientists reveal the yellow spice is more effective

than a placebo at relieving...

Why you CAN’T always count on tests

results

From nasal swabs for the coronavirus, to home

pregnancy kits and allergy tests, there are a

multitude of ways to check if...

How the brain creates the experience of

time

Neurons in the supramarginal gyrus (SMG) fire in

response to a specific length of time. If repeatedly

exposed to a stimulus...

The two cultures within science outlined

To do this, scientists are largely following one of two

paths: the movement for reproducibility and the

movement for open...

Gender harassment and institutional

betrayal in high school take toll on mental

health

The study, published last month in PLOS ONE,

found that 97 percent of women and 96 percent of

men from a pool of 535 undergraduate...

Researchers use soy to improve bone

cancer treatment

Now, WSU researchers are hoping to use the health

benefits of the popular legume to improve postoperative

treatment of bone...

Teacher stress linked with higher risk of

student suspensions

One of those overburdened teachers is Jennifer

Lloyd, a high school English teacher in Maryland

and a graduate student at...

Rising temperatures could shift US West

Nile virus transmission

The results suggest that climate change could lead

to the increased spread of West Nile virus in some

places, while potentially...

The Wnt pathway gets even more

complicated

In the Wnt pathway, Casein Kinase-1 is well-known

as a part of the destruction complex. In the steadystate,

when no Wnt...

Risk gene for Alzheimer’s has early

effects on the brain

The causes for Alzheimer’s in old age are only

poorly understood. It is believed that the disease is

caused by an unfavorable...

Did our early ancestors boil their food in

hot springs?

Some of the oldest remains of early human

ancestors have been unearthed in Olduvai Gorge, a

rift valley setting in northern...

Theoretically, two layers are better than

one for solar-cell efficiency

IMAGE: Schematic of a double thin film layered

solar cell. The sun enters at the top and reaches the

CIGS and CZTSSe...

Potent drug supply drop, not domestic

drug policies, likely behind 2018 OD

death downturn

IMAGE: The spike in overdose deaths in 2016-2017,

and their return to the expected trajectory in 2018

coincide with...

Researchers create better material for

wearable biosensors

BINGHAMTON, NY — BINGHAMTON, NY —

Biosensors that are wearable on human skin or

safely used inside the body are...

Can erectile dysfunction really be cured

with soundwaves?

Recently, I found myself in a Harley Street clinic

naked from the waist down with my feet in stirrups

as a doctor busied...

A NASA-NOAA nighttime view finds a

slightly better organized tropical storm

Karina


over the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Sept. 15 at 6:50

a.m. EDT (3:50...

Fish oil without the fishy smell or taste

IMAGE: Harshita Kumari, PhD, is an associate

professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the

University of Cincinnati’s...

Biggest fish in the sea are girls

A decade-long study of the iconic fish has found

male whale sharks grow quickly, before plateauing

at an average adult length...

Choosing the right cover crop to protect

the soil

IMAGE: Aerial drone image showing two months of

cover crop growth in Monmouth, Illinois in November

of 2016. ...

Our expert assesses some products

promising to prevent and treat muscle

and joint pains

The coronavirus has kick-started an exercise

revolution in the UK, with almost a third of adults

increasing their normal...

How to stop Covid-19 brewing trouble in

your office

The message has been clear: washing or sanitising

your hands frequently and thoroughly, and wearing a

mask when required,...

Sky TV’s JACQUIE BELTRAO and her

daughter talk about the impact of a

cancer diagnosis

On June 26, the Sky Sports presenter Jacquie

Beltrao posted a video message to her 76,000

Twitter followers. In it, she said...

Medics and teachers left unable to get a

coronavirus swab

Britain’s testing fiasco is hindering the ability of the

NHS to resume normal services, hospital leaders

warned today. Doctors...

Being sarcastic could be bad for your

HEART

How being sarcastic could kill you: Scientists reveal

heart attack survivors with ‘hostile traits’ are more

likely...

The 17 local authorities where

coronavirus cases are NOT rising

Coronavirus cases are rising in all but 17 areas of

England, official data shows, after the same figures

last month showed...

Number of Brits drinking at high risk

levels has DOUBLED to 8.5million since

February

To repair a damaged heart, three cells are

better than one

Britain is facing a ‘looming addiction crisis’ with

millions turning to alcohol to cope with the

pandemic, a...

Called CardioCluster, the bioengineering technique

was developed by Megan Monsanto, a recent

doctoral candidate who worked...

People react better to both negative and

positive events with more sleep

“When people experience something positive, such

as getting a hug or spending time in nature, they

typically feel happier...

New dopamine sensors could help unlock

the mysteries of brain chemistry

Recently, Tian and her team succeeded in

expanding the color spectrum of the dLight1 sensor.

In an article published Sept....

Human white blood cells use molecular

paddles to swim

“The capacity of living cells to move autonomously is

fascinating and crucial for many biological functions,

but mechanisms...

Real neurons are noisy: Can neural

implants figure that out?

They are what an engineer would call ‘noisy’ —

there is variance between cells and from one

moment to the...

Key role of immune cells in brain

infection

Researchers have identified the specific type of

immune cell that induces brain inflammation in

herpes simplex virus (HSV)...

A new approach to understanding the

biology of wound healing

The study was published in Scientific Reports on

September 15th. “Studying wound healing in

humans is very challenging,...

Scientists develop mathematical index to

distinguish healthy microbiome from

diseased

To utilize the huge population of tiny organisms as a

proxy for people’s well-being, Mayo Clinic

researchers have developed...

A scientific advance in studying earlystage

lung cancer

IMAGE: This image series shows two lung

organoids made from mouse lung cells (a large one

at center, and small one...

An effective way to increase capacity for

mental health

As anxiety and depression rise in the country,

primary care clinics, especially in rural areas, are

facing increased patient...

1 in 10 COVID-19 patients return to

hospital after being sent home from ER

Roughly 1 in 10 patients diagnosed with COVID-19

needed to return to the hospital within a week of

discharge from an emergency...

Study connects hormones we’re born

with to lifetime risk for immunological

diseases

IMAGE: This research shows that it’s our perinatal

hormones, not our adult sex hormones, that have a

greater...

Nature: Humanity at a crossroads, UN

warns in new Global Biodiversity Outlook

report

IMAGE: The UN Convention on Biological Diversity

releases a new Global Biodiversity Outlook report,

published every...

Future autonomous machines may build

trust through emotion

IMAGE: Army researchers found that the effect of

emotion expressions is moderated by strategy.

People will only process...

Evergreen needles act as air quality

monitors

IMAGE: Peter Lippert (left) and Grant Rea-Downing

examine artificial pine branches being tested as

passive air quality...

Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union

tracks strains of SARS-CoV-2

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Sept. 15, 2020 — Initial

findings reported by the Arizona COVID-19

Genomics Union (ACGU) suggest...

Coronavirus: New restrictions in force for

parts of West Midlands

Working parents feel ‘penalised’ by new coronavirus

restrictions

Mental-health team ‘failed son’ before

shooting

A man whose son shot his neighbour dead then

fatally crashed his motorbike says the NHS failed to

act on warnings he had...

‘Soaring alcohol misuse’ could

overwhelm service

Addiction services in England could struggle to cope

with “soaring” numbers of people misusing alcohol,

the Royal...

Coronavirus: NHS staff off work due to

testing shortages, say bosses

Media captionPriti Patel challenged on coronavirus

testing delays A lack of coronavirus tests for NHS

staff...

Do posture correctors and percussive

therapy devices actually work?

Have you been experiencing more back pain than

usual during lockdown? If so, you’re not alone.

Working from home...

Care homes across England are shutting

to visitors due to an uptick in coronavirus

infections

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY’s mouth-watering

plan to get you trim and healthy

When you are young it feels as if you can eat

anything and not put on weight. But most of us gain

Care homes across England are tightening rules on

visitors because of the uptick in coronavirus

infections. Thousands of...

about a pound a year from...

Coronavirus UK: 3,600 died from

preventable conditions in lockdown

Britain’s coronavirus lockdown led to an extra 3,600

deaths from preventable heart conditions and

strokes, a top expert...

Top Oxford professor behind Covid-19

vaccine reiterates safety is ‘top of the list’

Safety is ‘top of the list’ when it comes to making a

Covid-19 vaccine, the professor leading Oxford

University’s...

Britain’s testing fiasco leaves doctors

and nurses unable to get checked

The UK could be forced to draft in science students

to staff coronavirus testing labs which are buckling

under the pressure...

Just 78 victims of coronavirus were

recorded in England and Wales last week

The UK has recorded 3,105 more Covid-19 cases

as outbreak continues to grow, taking the total to

374,228. It’s the...

Up to 250,000 Britons are waiting on

coronavirus test results as Matt Hancock

admits

Massive queues built-up outside coronavirus testing

centres in England today as the government’s

shambolic swab system...

Two amino acids are the Marie Kondo of

molecular liquid phase separation

Known as liquid-liquid phase separation, the

process allows some molecules within a cell to

cloister themselves into membraneless...

Cannabis farms are a modern slavery

‘blind spot’ for UK police, study suggests

Research from Cambridge criminologists suggests

that those charged with drug cultivation have often

been forced into illegal...

Biologic therapy for psoriasis may reduce

heart disease

Chronic inflammation in people with psoriasis is

associated with a higher risk of developing coronary

artery disease. Biologic...

Decoding the genetics that drive disease

IMAGE: Some human genes traditionally labelled as

‘bad’ are not always what they seem. view more

Credit:...

Study: Synthetic medication and

desiccated thyroid equally effective to

treat hypothyroidism

A study by researchers at Kaiser Permanente in

Denver, Colorado evaluated the stability of thyroid

stimulating hormone (TSH)...

Vaping, marijuana use in 2019 rose in

college-age adults

IMAGE: Drug and Alcohol Use in College-Age

Adults in 2019 view more Credit: National Institute

on Drug Abuse Vaping...

NASA Aqua satellite casts three eyes on

sally and finds heavy rain potential

IMAGE: On Sept. 15 at 3:25 a.m. EDT (0725 UTC)

Aqua’s MODIS instrument also gathered water

vapor content and...

Even a short walk can boost your

memory and brain health, scientists

discover

How even a short walk can boost your brain:

Exercising for just two MINUTES each day can

improve concentration, memory and...

Heart rate measuring can help spot

depression as it beats faster, study finds

Measuring a person’s heart rate can help spot

depression as it beats faster and is less likely to

drop at night, study...

Exercise protocol mitigates one of the

most incapacitating symptoms of

Parkinson’s disease

IMAGE: Brazilian researchers use complex training

program to stimulate different motor and cognitive

skills simultaneously...

Telehealth supports collaborative mental

health care in the needs of rural patients

Telehealth Supports Collaborative Care Model in

Addressing Mental Health Needs of Rural Patients

Traditionally, primary...

Peritonsillar abscess risk following

respiratory infection is low with/without

antibiotics

While widespread unnecessary use of antibiotics

can diminish their effectiveness, reducing antibiotic

prescribing may increase...

Canadian researchers identify four

barriers to use of ‘gold-standard’ abortion

pill

Canada is the first country to facilitate provision of

medical abortion in primary care settings through

evidence-based deregulation...

Americans twice as likely to get COVID-19

after eating at restaurants

Eating at restaurants or going to a bar may put

people at greater risk for catching coronavirus, a

new Centers for Disease...

DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: It’s

abhorrent that even a terminal diagnosis

could happen via Zoom

As a doctor, I find breaking bad news one of the

most challenging parts of my job. Whether it’s telling

someone they have...

COVID-19 treatment trials STILL have not

enrolled enough minorities, study finds

Most US clinical trials for coronavirus drugs and

vaccines are still not enrolling nearly enough black

and Latinx participants,...

Young suicides have spiked by 57% since

2006, CDC data shows

The suicide rate among Americans between ages

10 and 24 rose by 57 percent from 2007 to 2018,

according to new data from...

Mental health problems spiked among

locked down Chinese students

After more than four months at home amid

lockdowns to slow the spread of coronavirus, far

more Chinese children were depressed...

Bioactive nano-capsules to hijack cell

behavior

Cells constantly communicate with each other and

have ways to pick up signals and process them —

similar to humans...

‘Like having a tooth out’: High-speed

radiotherapy cured mother-of-two’s

breast cancer in 30 minutes

A breast cancer diagnosis once meant life had to be

put on hold. Months of agonising treatment and

countless trips to hospital...

Fast and efficient method to produce red

blood cells developed

Blood transfusions save millions of lives every year,

but over half the world’s countries do not have

sufficient blood...

New study explores if flirting is real and

shows it can work

“No, she wasn’t. She was just being polite,” said

another friend. Misunderstandings about flirting

can...

Hostility linked with higher risk of death

after second heart attacks

“Hostility is a personality trait that includes being

sarcastic, cynical, resentful, impatient or irritable,”...

NASA catches development of eastern

Atlantic’s tropical storm Vicky

IMAGE: On Sept. 14 at 0329 UTC (Sept. 13 at 11:29

a.m. EDT) NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed a lowpressure

area...

Privatized prisons lead to more inmates,

longer sentences, study finds

IMAGE: WSU study finds that when states turn to

private prisons, the number of criminals incarcerated

rises and the...

Facebook anniversaries inspire

reflection, nostalgia

ITHACA, N.Y. – Posted on Facebook, milestones

such as birthdays and anniversaries prompt users to

reflect on the passage...

Henry ford study finds certain immuno

suppressing drugs do not increase risk

for COVID-19

IMAGE: Jesse Veenstra, M.D., Ph.D., a Henry Ford

Health System dermatologist and the study’s lead

author. ...

Predicting poor pain control following

elective spine surgery

IMAGE: Predicted probability versus observed

incidence of poor pain control (Numeric Rating

Scale (NRS) score for pain...

Toxic metals can affect student health

performance, say scientists from RUDN

university

IMAGE: A team of medics and ecologists from

RUDN University measured the concentrations of

heavy metals in the bodies...

Scientists predict that COVID-19 will

become a seasonal virus

Thanks to the sniffling noses, coughs, and colds that

accompany the colder months of the year, we are all

too familiar with...

Glass tables can cause life-threatening

injuries

Faulty glass in tables can cause life-threatening

injuries, according to a Rutgers study, which

provides evidence that stricter...

Coronavirus: 18,000 test results

published by mistake

The details of more than 18,000 people who tested

positive for coronavirus were published online by

mistake by Public Health...

Coronavirus: UK to test inhaled vaccines

UK researchers are to begin trials of inhaled

coronavirus vaccines. Delivering doses directly to

the lungs might give a...

DR ELLIE CANNON: Ministers must give

us ALL the facts

Are you happy now? That was, in a nutshell, what

one angry reader who wrote to me late last week

wanted to know. The Government,...

Chief scientist ‘told off’ for lockdown plea

The government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick

Vallance has said he was rebuked for arguing

strongly in favour...

Coronavirus: Monoclonal antibodies to

begin UK trial

A new antibody treatment is to be trialled on Covid-

19 patients in UK hospitals. Monoclonal antibodies,

which are potent,...

Super-fast surgery could soon be offered

to one million Britons with a ‘racing heart’

condition

One million British patients with a ‘racing heart’

condition that puts them at high risk of stroke could

soon be offered...

Can a £1,300 pot of manuka honey

REALLY heal you?

Can a £1,300 pot of manuka REALLY heal you?

Scientists say store-bought honey’s antibacterial

properties may be overestimated...

Vaping DOES raise the risk of breast

cancer, warn scientists

Vaping DOES raise the risk of breast cancer, warn

scientists amid concerns that young women are

‘targeted by E-cigarette...

Husband whose wife is in care has been

allowed to see her for just three hours

since lockdown began

Twelve years ago, Ian Smith made a vow, one that

so many make, to his wife, Sylvia – to have and hold

her, in sickness...

MICHELLE GRIFFITH-ROBINSON: Making

my husband read a book on the

menopause saved our love life

I am going to tell you something personal. It may

even shock some readers – although, probably, it

shouldn’t. The reason...

GPs are ordered to see patients face-toface

GPs are ordered to see patients face-to-face amid

fears vulnerable people are ‘having difficulty

accessing doctors’...

Coronavirus vaccine may not be ready for

the public until NEXT winter

As scientists race to develop a coronavirus vaccine

to bring the world back to normal, MailOnline has

taken a look at the...

DNA damage caused by migrating light

energy

“So far, we have thought that it is impossible for light

energy to be transmitted so far in the DNA and

cause damage...

New treatments for deadly lung disease

could be revealed by 3D modeling

The causes of pulmonary fibrosis are not fully

understood, but the condition is marked by scar

tissue that forms inside the...

New X-ray microscopy technique enables

comprehensive imaging of dense neural

circuits

Now, researchers at Harvard Medical School,

Boston Children’s Hospital and the European

Synchrotron Radiation Facility...

Excessive lung release of neutrophil DNA

traps may explain severe complications

in COVID-19 patients

Neutrophils are innate immune cells that act as the

immune system’s first line of defence. However,

when over-activated,...

Substance use disorders linked to

COVID-19 susceptibility

By analyzing the non-identifiable electronic health

records (EHR) of millions of patients in the United

States, the team...

Immune system affects mind and body,

study indicates

The findings, published Sept. 14 in Nature

Immunology, indicate that elements of the immune

system affect both mind and body,...

Botox for TMJ disorders may not lead to

bone loss in the short term, but more

research is needed

The researchers, whose findings are published in

the Journal of Oral Health Rehabilitation, call for

further clinical studies...

Virtual reality trains public to reverse

opioid overdoses

Members of the public can carry naloxone in case

they encounter a person experiencing an opioid

overdose. But how do you...

The expanding aims of high schools in

the 21st century

An Analysis of High School Mission Statements in

Massachusetts from 2001 to 2019, research

conducted by team from Boston...

CCNY engineer Xi Chen and partners

create new shape-changing crystals

IMAGE: A tripeptide crystal with aqueous pores can

reversibly deform in response to humidity changes.


Older people with early, asymptomatic

Alzheimer’s at risk of falls

Falls are the leading cause of fatal injuries in older

adults, causing more than 800,000 hospitalizations

and about 30,000...

Florida State-led team offers new rules

for algae species classification

IMAGE: Florida State University Assistant Professor

of Biological Science Sophie McCoy surveys the

algal community...

Mayo Clinic and TGen ID potential targets

for the most-deadly form of pancreatic

cancer

PHOENIX and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sept. 14,

2020 — A team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic

and the Translational...

Human activities promote diseasespreading

mosquitoes; more study

needed for prevention

IMAGE: Researchers collect mosquitoes in Kruger

National Park in South Africa to gauge abundance of

Predicting the slow death of lithium-ion

batteries

Batteries fade as they age, slowly losing power and

storage capacity. As in people, aging plays out

differently from one...

Combining two precision medicines can

treat drug-resistant cancers

Launching a dual-pronged attack on tumours using

a combination of two innovative precision medicines

could treat patients...

disease-spreading...

US coronavirus cases hit 6.4 million by

mid-April, study suggests

New research suggests that the US already had 6.4

million cases of coronavirus by mid-April – more

than were officially...

Lockdown blow to UK health: Hospital

admissions for seven major non-Covid

illnesses slump by 173,000

Tens of thousands of people avoided going to

hospital for life-threatening illnesses such as heart

attacks during Britain’s...

Experts warn Boris Johnson’s ‘disturbing

decision’ to limit gatherings ‘with no

scientific evidence’

Britain’s coronavirus response is being led by a

‘Dad’s Army’ of well-paid people with no

experience,...

Snorers could face up to THREE TIMES

the risk of dying of Covid-19, study

claims

Snorers could face up to THREE TIMES the risk of

dying of Covid-19, study claims Researchers

reviewed 18 studies examining...

Britain bets on another coronavirus

vaccine with £1.3billion investment in

Scottish factory

The UK Government is investing £1.3billion in a

French company’s vaccine factory in Scotland in the

hope it will produce...

Oxford University to test Regeneron’s

‘antibody cocktail’ on hospitalised Covid-

19 patients

Doctors in the UK are preparing to trial an

experimental ‘antibody cocktail’ medicine on patients

in hospital...

TRESK regulates brain to track time

using sunlight as its cue

It was previously understood that the brain’s

circadian clock, otherwise known as the

suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN),...

Embryos taking shape via buckling

“The basic question underpinning our work is to find

out how to shape cellular tissue,” begins Aurélien

Roux,...

Rubbery properties help RNA

nanoparticles target tumors efficiently

and quickly leave body

IMAGE: Peixuan Guo, PhD, is a researcher with The

Oho State University Comprehensive Cancer and

The Ohio State University...

Hints of life on Venus

IMAGE: Artist’s impression of Venus, with an inset

showing a representation of the phosphine

molecules detected...

Animals’ magnetic ‘sixth’ sense may

come from bacteria, new paper suggests

IMAGE: A female loggerhead sea turtle nests in the

sand in Florida. Photo credit: Gustavo

Stahelin/University of Central...

Infinite chains of hydrogen atoms have

surprising properties, including a metallic

phase

IMAGE: A map of where electrons are most likely to

be found around a chain of hydrogen atoms.

Brighter colors denote...

UK coronavirus deaths are confirmed for

Monday

England today announced one more Covid-19 death

in hospitals — but no new fatalities were recorded in

the preliminary toll for...

Google searches for gut symptoms such

as diarrhoea predicts Covid-19 hotspots

Google searches for symptoms such as diarrhoea

and abdominal pain could act as an early warning

for a coronavirus outbreak,...

Touch-and-know: Brain activity during

tactile stimuli reveals hand preferences in

people

Since the past few years, a team of scientists at

Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and

Technology (DGIST), Korea, has...

Painless paper patch test for glucose

levels uses microneedles

Researchers have been trying to develop a practical

way to use microneedles — tiny needles less than 1

mm in length...

NASA’s water vapor analysis of Tropical

Storm Karina shows wind shear effects


NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm

Karina in the...

NASA-NOAA satellite helps confirm

Teddy now a record-setting tropical storm

IMAGE: This nighttime image from NASA-NOAA’s

Suomi NPP satellite revealed a more organized

Tropical Depression...

Excessive lung release of neutrophil DNA

traps may explain severe complications

in Covid-19 patients

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the

University of Liège (Belgium) has detected

significant amounts of DNA traps...

Possible marker of life spotted on venus

IMAGE: This artistic impression depicts our Solar

System neighbour Venus, where scientists have

confirmed the detection...

Coronavirus: WHO reports record daily

rise in new infections

NHS tells GPs they must offer patients

face-to-face appointments

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded

a record one-day rise in the number of new

coronavirus infections, with...

GP practices are being told they must make sure

patients can be seen face to face when they need

such appointments. NHS England...

Coronavirus: ‘Rule of six’ comes into

effect

Restrictions banning social gatherings of more than

six people have come into effect, following a rise in

coronavirus cases. The...

COPD program decreases 30-day hospital

readmission, may increase mortality

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical

Branch at Galveston have found that while the 30-

day readmission rate for...

Netflix

IMAGE: FlixPatrol graphic of the most popular

Netflix shows in the world as of June 2020. view

more Credit:...

Innate immune system — How cGAS is

kept bottled up

The bulk of the DNA in the cells of higher organisms

is confined to the nucleus, while all other organellar

DNAs are restricted...

Volcanic ash may have a bigger impact

on the climate than we thought

When volcanos erupt, these geologic monsters

produce tremendous clouds of ash and dust–plumes

that can blacken the...

More than 90% of protected areas are

disconnected

IMAGE: “More than 90 per cent of protected areas

are isolated, in a sea of human activities. ” ...

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance

imaging findings in competitive college

athletes after COVID-19

What The Study Did: This study investigated the use

of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in

competitive college athletes...

As domestic violence spikes, many

victims and their children have nowhere

to live

COVID-19 has left many victims of domestic

violence facing difficulties feeding their children and

accessing services for...

Factors associated with suicide risk after

leaving military service

What The Study Did: This observational study

investigated demographic and military service

characteristics associated with...

Get diamonds, take temperature

IMAGE: Temperature of C. elegans measured via

tracking of embedded nanodiamonds. view more

Credit: Masazumi...

Climate change recasts the insect

communities of the Arctic

IMAGE: Parasitic flies are some of the most

abundant predators of the Arctic. Here an adult fly of

Peleteria aenea...

Gun laws in neighboring states affect

state gun deaths, new evidence

IMAGE: Deeper red indicates greater difference in

the numbers of firearm laws between a state and its

neighboring states...

Assessment of mental health of Chinese

primary school students before, after

school closing, opening during COVID-19

pandemic

What The Study Did: Psychological symptoms,

nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation, plans,

and attempts among children...

Changes in premature deaths from drug

poisonings, suicide, alcohol-induced

causes in US

What The Study Did: Researchers compared

changes from 2000 to 2017 in premature deaths in

the U.S. due to drug poisonings,...

Worldwide loss of phosphorus due to soil

erosion quantified for the first time

Phosphorus is essential for agriculture, yet this

important plant nutrient is increasingly being lost

from soils around the...

Improved early psychosis detection

system may halve risk in young people

Doctors have developed a new data mining method

to detect many young people with emerging

psychosis. The new methods, based...

Baby heartbeat reveals the stress of

having a depressed or anxious mother

Scientists have shown that the babies of mothers

dealing with anxiety or depression exhibit

physiologically stronger signs...

Coronavirus: South Korea’s Covid

detectives

South Korea, a country held up as a model for its

response to Covid-19, has been struggling to

contain a new nationwide outbreak....

Coronavirus: Jonathan Ashworth grills

Matt Hancock over Covid-19 test

guidelines

Hancock questioned over testing guidance. Video,

00:04:10Hancock questioned over testing guidance

National eczema week: ‘I wanted to rip my

skin off’

“There were days where I would have a complete

meltdown and start clawing at it. I wanted to rip my

skin off.” Anna...

Coronavirus: Care homes in England

warned of rise in infections

The government has written to care home providers

in England to warn them of a rise in new coronavirus

infections within...

Lab-on-paper strip: Small, inexpensive

platform for diagnosing tropical fevers

IMAGE: The Aedes aegypti mosquito can spread

various tropical diseases including dengue, zika,

and chikungunya, which...

Poor home hygiene contributing to

antibiotic resistance, warn global hygiene

experts

IMAGE: The paper was developed by the Global

Hygiene Council’s panel of public health and AMR

experts, following...

Novel virus-based colorimetric sensor

can show true colors of airborne threats

IMAGE: Colorimetric sensors are easy-to-use

devices that can reveal information, such as

humidity, acidity, or the...

Is the "Mozart Effect" real? New analysis

indicates that music can help epilepsy

A new comprehensive analysis on the effect of

Mozart’s music on epilepsy has confirmed that

listening to his piano...

How does chronic stress induce bone

loss?

Clinical studies have found that bone mineral

density in patients with anxiety or depression is

lower than in ordinary people....

Inherited genetic variant influences

response to leukemia treatment for some

children

IMAGE: Jun J. Yang, Ph.D., of St. Jude

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Oncology view more

Credit: St. Jude Scientists...

Asthma patients given risky levels of

steroid tablets

More than one quarter of asthma patients have been

prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of steroid

tablets, with researchers...

Quantitatively understanding of angleresolved

polarized Raman scattering from

black phosphorus

IMAGE: The ARPR intensity of BP at normal laser

incidence. (a) The atomic structure of BP. (b)

Schematic illustration...

Heated rivalries for pollinators among

arctic plants

IMAGE: Even in the Arctic, most plants are insectpollinated

– but here, most pollinators are small,

black midges...

Massive-scale genomic study reveals

wheat diversity for crop improvement

IMAGE: Wheat grows at CIMMYT’s experimental

station in El Batán, near Mexico City. A new study

analyzing the...

Decreased MIR2911 absorption in human

with SIDT1 polymorphism fails to inhibit

SARS-CoV-2

Previously, Chen-Yu Zhang’s group have identified

SID1 transmembrane family member 1 (SIDT1) as a

critical membrane...

Ammonium triggers formation of lateral

roots

IMAGE: Localized ammonium supply enhances the

import and accumulation of shoot-derived auxin into

the root vasculature,...

Feeding off fusion or the immortalization

of tumor cells

IMAGE: image illustrating the mitochondrial fusion of

the Drosophila tumor cells in red, blue staining

showing tumor...

First assessment of naturalized, invasive

and potentially invasive plan

IMAGE: CABI scientists have led the first

assessment of naturalised, invasive and potentially

invasive plant species...

When methane-eating microbes eat

ammonia instead

Some microorganisms, the so-called

methanotrophs, make a living by oxidizing methane

(CH4) to carbon dioxide (CO2). Ammonia...

Shedding light on coral reefs

IMAGE: One of the reefs studied in the project was

Hog Breaker Reef, Bermuda view more Credit: Eric

Hochberg Earlier...

Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love:

Living with my autism

Alleged British computer hacker Lauri Love was

arrested in 2013 on suspicion of stealing data from

the FBI, Nasa and other...

Coronavirus: Avoid ‘party weekend’

ahead of new restrictions, public told

People in the UK must not treat this weekend as a

“party” before the new “rule of six” coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Children will stay part of

rule of six, says Gove

The “rule of six”, the latest limits on social gatherings

in England, will not be changed to exempt children...

Coronavirus: Oxford University to resume

vaccine trial after pause

Trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by

AstraZeneca and Oxford University will resume after

being paused due to a...

Does the Mediterranean diet protect

against rheumatoid arthritis?

Previous research has demonstrated a variety of

health benefits associated with the Mediterranean

diet, which is rich in...

Lifestyle improvements may lessen

cognitive decline

Exercise improves learning and memory

in young adults

In the study published in the Journal of the American

Geriatrics Society, 119 individuals older than 65

years of age who...

The review, which is published in Translational

Sports Medicine, included 13 relevant studies. The

types of exercise that...

Hoarding and herding during the COVID-

19 pandemic

Understanding the psychology behind economic

decision-making, and how and why a pandemic

might trigger responses such as...

Vaccine proves effective against the most

severe type of pneumonia

The research led by the Murdoch Children’s

Research Institute (MCRI) and published in The

Lancet Regional Health —...

Concussion discovery reveals dire,

unknown effect of even mild brain

injuries

The discovery offers important insights into

traumatic brain injury (TBI), a poorly understood

condition that has become...

Depression risk detected by measuring

heart rate changes

IMAGE: A wearable heart monitor, of the type used

in the study. view more Credit: IMEC For the first

time...

Relaxed through pregnancy

A group of researchers from Charité –

Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been able to show

that maternal psychological...

Taste buds may play role in fostering

obesity in offspring

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell food scientists show in

animal studies that a mother’s high-fat diet may lead

to more...

For job seekers with disabilities, soft

skills don’t impress in early interviews

The findings, published in the International Journal

of Conflict Management, contrast this with the

results for candidates...

Dipanjan Pan demonstrates new method

to produce gold nanoparticles in cancer

cells

Dipanjan Pan, professor of chemical, biochemical,

and environmental engineering at UMBC, and

collaborators published a seminal...

Researchers develop rapid test for

ovarian cancer detection

The CA125 antigen, a plasma membrane

glycoprotein found in the tissues of the female

reproductive tract, is commonly used...

Veterinary college team IDs gene that

drives ovarian cancer

ITHACA, N.Y. – High-grade serious ovarian

carcinoma (HGSOC) is the fifth-leading cause of

cancer-related deaths in...

Measuring brainwaves while sleeping can

tell if you should switch antidepressants

Scientists have discovered that measuring

brainwaves produced during REM sleep can predict

whether a patient will respond...

How do people prefer coronavirus

contact tracing to be carried out?

The research shows people are more concerned

about who runs the process than the risks of others

having unauthorised access...

Binge-drinkers’ brains have to work

harder to feel empathy for others

The research shows that binge-drinkers’ brains have

to put more effort into trying to feel empathy for other

people...

Electroconvulsive therapy shown to

significantly reduce suicide risk in

Bipolar patients

One of the largest ever studies of patients with

untreatable bipolar disorder has shown that ECT

(Electroconvulsive Therapy)...

Anti-bacterial graphene face masks

The research is conducted by Dr Ye Ruquan,

Assistant Professor from CityU’s Department of

Chemistry, in collaboration...

Epigenetic changes precede onset of

diabetes

Several causes play a role in the development of

type 2 diabetes. These include a genetic

predisposition, epigenetic factors...

Human norovirus strains differ in

sensitivity to the body’s first line of

defense

The findings, published in the Proceedings of the

National Academy of Sciences, highlight the

importance of considering strain...

Experiments reveal why human-like

robots elicit uncanny feelings

The journal Perception published new insights into

the cognitive mechanisms underlying this

phenomenon made by psychologists...

Research sheds light on earliest stages

of Angelman syndrome

Angelman syndrome is a genetic disorder

associated with delayed development, intellectual

disability, speech impairment and...

FABP4: Preschool-aged biomarker

discovered for autism spectrum disorder

ASD is a developmental disorder that begins in early

childhood and affects learning, communication, and

social behavior....

How plants ensure regular seed spacing

IMAGE: Seeds in different bean and pea pods (top:

snow pea pod; mid: princess beans; bottom: runner

beans). The research...

Study highlights ‘systematic opposition’

to regulation in tackling NCDs from food

industry

A new study out this week during the Global Week

for Action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs)

highlights that global public...

New molecule to repair and restore brain

and spinal cord function

A molecule created by researchers can restore lost

connections in the spinal cord and brain of mice with

neurological disorders...

Researchers find cuttlebone’s

microstructure sits at a ‘sweet spot’

IMAGE: A cube-shaped sample isolated from

cuttlebone is placed in a mechanical tester for

compression measurements. ...

COIVD-19: A barometer for social justice

in New York City

In an editorial for the American Journal of Public

Health, faculty from the CUNY Graduate School of

Public Health and Health...

A phonon laser – coherent vibrations

from a self

IMAGE: Figure 1. (a) Polariton BEC and phonon

lasing of a microstructured trap in a semiconductor

microcavity. (b)...

To recreate ancient recipes, check out the

vestiges of clay pots

IMAGE: Seven La Chamba unglazed ceramic pots

used in a yearlong cooking experiment that

analyzed the chemical residues...

Site of male sexual desire uncovered in

brain

CHICAGO — The locus of male sexual desire has

been uncovered in specific regions of brain tissue

where a key gene named...

With the ongoing risk of coronavirus,

what does the average school day now

look like?

Back to school: The new normal. Video,

00:02:53Back to school: The new normal

Coronavirus: UK epidemic growing as R

number goes above 1

Public health officials have warned of “worrying

signs” of infection among the elderly, as an official

measure...

Biological sex affects genes for body fat,

cancer, birth weight

These sex differences are observed for genes

involved in many functions, including how people

respond to medication, how...

Pregnancy loss: ‘He wasn’t with me when

we got the bad news’

A couple who experienced miscarriage during the

UK’s coronavirus lockdown have said they want to

see “clearer...

Coronavirus testing system ‘falling over’

People across England have told BBC News they

are struggling to access coronavirus tests. Health

Secretary Matt Hancock...

Telomere length varies across human

tissue types

A new study, published in the September 11 issue of

Science, answers this question by examining

telomere length in over 20...

New immunotherapy to beat cancer

Cancer immunotherapy is the manipulation of the

immune responses naturally present in the human

body to fight cancer. Often,...

Healthy diet and exercise during

pregnancy could lead to healthier

children

The study, led by King’s College London and

supported by the British Heart Foundation and

Tommy’s charity, examined...

Stronger bones thanks to heat and

microbiota

Many biologists are familiar with Allen’s Rule, from

19th-century naturalist Joel Asaph Allen, according

to which animals...

Quantum thermometer using

nanodiamonds senses a ‘fever’ in tiny

worms C. elegans

The research is published in Science Advances. The

optical microscope is one of the most basic tools for

analysis in biology...

Gene could decrease likelihood of

developing alcoholic cirrhosis

Alcoholic cirrhosis can happen after years of

drinking too much alcohol. According to the

researchers, discovering more about...

Role of protein in development of new

hearing hair cells

The study was published in the journal

Development, and was conducted by physicianscientists

and researchers at the UMSOM...

Global warming threatens soil

phosphorus, says a soil scientist from

RUDN University

IMAGE: A soil scientist from RUDN University found

out that the resources of organic phosphorus in the

soils of the...

Computational modelling explains why

blues and greens are brightest colous in

nature

Researchers have shown why intense, pure red

colours in nature are mainly produced by pigments,

instead of the structural...

COVID ventilator patients can have

permanent nerve damage

Holding up a mirror to a dark matter

discrepancy

CHICAGO — Severely ill COVID-19 patients on

ventilators are placed in a prone (face down)

position because it’s...

New Haven, Conn. — The universe’s funhouse

mirrors are revealing a difference between how dark

matter behaves...

Drugging the undruggable: Yale finds

treatment path for muscular dystrophy

New haven, CT: Researchers at Yale have identified

a possible treatment for Duchenne muscular

dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic...

Are male genes from Mars, female genes

from Venus?

IMAGE: Wilson is a researcher in the Biodesign

Center for Mechanisms in Evolution, the Center for

Evolution and Medicine,...

For diverse corporate board members,

upward mobility stops with a seat at the

table

IMAGE: This graph demonstrates research data

suggesting the majority of board directors and board

leaders are white...

Gene that drives ovarian cancer identified

Now, scientists at the College of Veterinary Medicine

have collaborated on a study that pinpoints which

specific genes drive...

COVID-19 ventilator patients can have

permanent nerve damage

Scientists believe the nerve damage is the result of

reduced blood flow and inflammation. Other non-

COVID-19 patients on...

Scientists find an enzyme that facilitates

grafting between different family species

IMAGE: Using tobacco as an interscion, a tomato

scion was grafted onto a rootstock of

Chrysanthemum (Florist’s...

Pandemic spawns ‘infodemic’ in

scientific literature

The rush to publish results has resulted in missteps,

say Ganesh Mani, an investor, technology

entrepreneur and adjunct faculty...

Antibody test developed for COVID-19

that is sensitive, specific and scalable

Additional uses coming later that are likely to have

the biggest societal impact, the researchers say, are

to assess relative...

Phone calls create stronger bonds than

text-based communications

In the study, people chose to type because they

believed a phone call would be more awkward —

but they were wrong,...

Drugging the undruggable: Treatment

path for muscular dystrophy

DMD is the most common form of muscular

dystrophy, a disease that leads to progressive

weakness and eventual loss of the...

Sex differences in health and disease

Not only do the sexes differ in outward appearance,

their differentially expressed genes strongly affect

the risk, incidence,...

Carbon-rich exoplanets may be made of

diamonds

IMAGE: Illustration of a carbon-rich planet with

diamond and silica as main minerals. Water can

convert a carbide planet...

Middle-aged individuals may be in a

perpetual state of H3N2 flu virus

susceptibility

“We found that different aged individuals have

different H3N2 flu virus antibody specificities,”

Hensley said....

Researchers identify role of protein in

development of new hearing hair cells

IMAGE: A surface view of the organ of hearing

(cochlea) from a mouse, using confocal microscopy.

The sensory cells...

Researchers discover gene that could

decrease likelihood of developing

alcoholic cirrhosis

IMAGE: Suthat Liangpunsakul, MD view more

Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS–

Researchers at...

Ancient earthquake may have caused

destruction of Canaanite palace at Tel

Kabri

IMAGE: Aerial view showing the Southern Storage

Complex (SSC), the Northern Storage Complex

(NSC; blue dashed box)...

Brazilians start to unravel the mystery of

North American insect bioluminescent

systems

IMAGE: Researchers isolated molecules present in

the larvae of the fungus gnat Orfelia fultoni view

more Credit:...

US democratic indicators plummet amid

racial justice protests and pandemic

IMAGE: Placed in a longer-term context, the

experts’ ratings of US democratic performance have

fallen the furthest...

Trout don’t follow the weather forecast

IMAGE: UC visiting assistant professor Michael

Booth is unlocking the secrets of endangered

steelhead in California. ...

Novel discovery challenges a current

kidney cancer paradigm

IMAGE: Mei Koh, PhD view more Credit: Huntsman

Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY – Newly

published research...

Coronavirus: Who would get the vaccine

first?

Coronavirus: Doctors study brain of

‘miraculous’ young patient

If or when scientists succeed in making a

coronavirus vaccine, there won’t be enough to go

around. Research labs and...

Coronavirus: ‘Miracle’ father home in time for son’s

birthday

Coronavirus: What are the challenges of

mass testing?

The prime minister talked about his “Moonshot”

plan, on Wednesday, to test millions of people every

day using...

Coronavirus: UK epidemic growing as R

number above 1

Coronavirus infections have increased in recent

weeks in the UK, according to new estimates. The

government’s latest...

Pain tolerance among cannabis users

Doctoral student Michelle St. Pierre, who conducts

research in the psychology department at UBC

Okanagan, recently published...

Levodopa may improve vision in patients

with macular degeneration

More than 15 percent of the US population over the

age of 70 has AMD, a common cause of blindness

in developed nations. Neovascular...

Autistic adults have a higher rate of

physical health conditions, study finds

Earlier research has shown that autistic people on

average die younger than others and that this may

be, in part, due to...

Addicted to the sun? Research shows it’s

in your genes

This means that people’s behaviour towards seeking

sun is complicated by a genetic predisposition, and

this needs to...

DNA-based nanotechnology stimulates

potent antitumor immune responses

“One of the advantages of synthetic DNA

technologies over other methods is the versatility of

the platforms,”...

Emotion vocabulary reflects state of wellbeing

“Our language seems to indicate our expertise with

states of emotion we are more comfortable with,”

said lead...

Loss of a pet can potentially trigger

mental health issues in children

“One of the first major losses a child will encounter

is likely to be the death of a pet, and the impact can

be traumatic,...

Stem cell research delivers new points of

attack against Parkinson’s disease

Lack of protein DJ-1 makes you sick A protein called

DJ-1 plays a crucial role in keeping nerve cells

functioning. If the...

MAX binding with the variant Rs72780850

in RNA helicase DDX1 for susceptibility

to neuroblastoma

IMAGE: Functional exploration of neuroblastoma

associated DDX1 gene polymorphism rs72780850.


Healthy diet and exercise during

pregnancy could lead to healthier

children, study finds

New research shows improving the lifestyle of

women with obesity during pregnancy could mean

long-term cardiovascular benefits...

Understanding electron transport in

graphene nanoribbons

Graphene is a modern wonder material possessing

unique properties of strength, flexibility and

conductivity whilst being...

Halving the risk of infection following

surgery

IMAGE: Stock image of surgeons beginning a

procedure view more Credit: deborabalves

(Pixabay) Surgeons could...

Harvard team uses laser to cool

polyatomic molecule

IMAGE: GSAS Students, Yicheng Bao (right) and

Loic Anderegg work with lasers for laser cooling

CaF molecules in the...

Winds of change move western smoke

into the Pacific

IMAGE: NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite

captured these series of images (made into an

animated GIF) showing the...

NASA satellite finds an elongated

Tropical Storm Rene caused by wind

shear



Aqua satellite...

Nonharmful stress protects against

disease in offspring

The researchers used a functional measurement to

document resilience to injury of the retina of adult

mice that were born...

NASA satellite finds a wedge-shaped

Tropical Storm Paulette



Aqua satellite...

How loss of single gene fuels deadly

childhood brain cancer

The cause of ATRT is primarily linked to inactivation

of a gene called SMARCB1, part of a larger complex

that helps regulate...

How coronavirus took hold in North

America and in Europe

Colors evoke similar feelings around the

world

Published in the journal Science, the results suggest

an extended period of missed opportunity when

intensive testing and...

In the current issue of Psychological Science, the

scientists report that the participants were asked to

fill out an online...

GTEx Consortium releases fresh insights

into how DNA differences govern gene

expression

These studies, released in a set of 15 papers

published in Science and other journals, constitute

the most comprehensive...

New genetic analysis method could

advance personal genomics

The laboratory of Johns Hopkins biomedical

engineering professor Alexis Battle has developed a

technique to begin identifying...

Infrared NASA imagery provides

Paulette’s temperature palette

IMAGE: On Sept. 9, 2020 at 12:47a.m. EDT (0447

UTC) NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Storm

Paulette using...

COVID-19 may have been in LA as early

as last December, study suggests

This sudden spike in patients with these symptoms,

which continued through February 2020, represents

an unexpected 50% increase...

Research on the impact of ACE-i and

ARBs for patients with COVID-19

continues to evolve

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the American

Heart Association issued a joint statement with the

Heart Failure Society of...

Monitoring sleep positions for a healthy

rest

MIT researchers have developed a wireless, private

way to monitor a person’s sleep postures — whether

snoozing...

NASA finds Tropical Storm Rene less

affected by wind shear

IMAGE: On Sept. 10, 2020, NASA’s Terra satellite

provided a visible image of Tropical Storm Rene,

and the eastern...

Hubble observations suggest a missing

ingredient in dark matter theories

Astronomers have discovered that there may be a

missing ingredient in our cosmic recipe of how dark

matter behaves. They...

New Hubble data suggests there is an

ingredient missing from current dark

matter theories

Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space

Telescope and the European Southern

Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)...

Multiphase buffering by ammonia

explains wide range of atmospheric

aerosol acidity

IMAGE: Multiphase buffering effect of emitted

ammonia controls aerosol pH, thereby influencing

the haze chemistry and...

Racial/ethnic variation found in nasal

gene expression of key protein used by

SARS-CoV-2

New York – In a study published in JAMA today,

Mount Sinai researchers report findings that shed

some light on the...

High-precision electrochemistry: The new

gold standard in fuel cell catalyst

development

Vehicles powered by polymer electrolyte membrane

fuel cells (PEMFCs) are energy-efficient and ecofriendly,

but despite increasing...

Coronavirus: What are the rules for face

masks or face coverings?

Many of the UK’s secondary school pupils will have

to wear face coverings when they return for the

autumn term. The...

Coronavirus: What is anxiety and how

can I get help?

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health

problems experienced in the UK. Dramatic changes

in all our lives during...

Coronavirus: Long waits for hospital

operations soar in England

The disruption to hospitals in England during the

pandemic has meant the number of patients facing

long waits for routine...

Contraceptive services ‘even worse’ after

coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has made a “difficult

situation even worse” for women trying to access

contraception,...

Seeing the eye like never before

In an effort led by UW Medicine, researchers

successfully modified the standard process of

optical coherence tomography (OCT)...

Gut microbiome data may be helpful in

routine screening of cardiovascular

disease

Recent studies have found a link between gut

microbiota, the microorganisms in human digestive

Antibody responses in COVID-19 patients

could guide vaccine design

The world is facing an unprecedented challenge with

communities and economies affected by the growing

COVID-19 pandemic....

Fatter legs linked to reduced risk of high

blood pressure

“Ultimately, what we noted in this study is a

continued discussion of ‘it’s not just how much fat

you have,...

tracts, and CVD, which is...

Systematic approach crucial for personcentred

care

Expectations are growing stronger for health care to

be person-centered, and therefore emanate from a

partnership between...

Seven in 10 Americans willing to get

COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds

Researchers from The Ohio State University

surveyed more than 2,000 Americans in May, asking

them about their willingness...

Researchers publish striking images of

SARS-CoV-2 infected cells

Ehre, a member of the UNC Marsico Lung Institute

and the UNC Children’s Research Institute, captured

these images to...

Safeguarding of key DNA sensor in innate

immune system

This research, published in Science, reveals in detail

how the nucleosomes inside our cells block cGAS

from unintentionally...

New machine learning-assisted method

rapidly classifies quantum sources

IMAGE: Purdue University researchers trained a

machine to recognize promising patterns in singlephoton

emission within...

Portable MRI brings brain imaging to the

patient bedside

BOSTON – A portable, low-field magnetic

resonance imaging (MRI) device can be safely used

at bedside in complex clinical...

Quirky response to magnetism presents

quantum physics mystery

UPTON, NY–The search is on to discover new

states of matter, and possibly new ways of

encoding, manipulating, and transporting...

Antibiotic molecule enables immune

system to kill HIV infected cells

Ever since the first cases of a mysterious disease in

the early 1980s exploded into the HIV/AIDS

pandemic, researchers have...

Brazilian researcher creates an ultrasimple

inexpensive method to fabricate

optical fiber

A novel process to fabricate special optical fiber that

is far simpler, faster and cheaper than the

conventional method has...

UNC researchers publish striking images

of SARS-CoV-2 infected cells

IMAGE: A higher power magnification image shows

the structure and density of SARS-CoV-2 virions

(red) produced by human...

Researchers reveal safeguarding of key

DNA sensor in innate immune system

IMAGE: The first-ever high-resolution structure of

the protein cGAS (teal, top) bound to the

nucleosome — the...

Dietary changes could produce big

offsets to carbon emissions

IMAGE: Eating less meat and dairy products in favor

of plant-based proteins like those found in grains,

legumes and...

What are the tests that could be used in

Operation Moonshot?

Rapid coronavirus tests that use saliva, work in

minutes and cost less than £30 a time could be used

to try and hit Prime...

How 38MILLION people live in areas

hardly affected by coronavirus

Brentwood 15.6 (12), 15.6 (12) Castle Point 15.5

(14), 14.4 (13) Reigate and Banstead 15.5 (23), 10.8

(16) Bromley 15.3 (51),...

Coronavirus UK: Deaths announced for

Thursday

England and Northern Ireland announced the deaths

of nine more people with coronavirus today, while no

more have been confirmed...

‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson tells

people to ‘hesitate’ against rushing back

to work

‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson tells people to

‘hesitate’ against ‘headlong rush to get...

Cellular-level interactions that lead to the

cytokine storm in COVID-19

A significant percentage of COVID-19 cases are

severe enough to warrant admission to hospital for

monitoring and treatment....

One in 50 NHS patients have now been

waiting a YEAR or more for planned

surgery

One in 50 NHS patients have now been waiting a

year or more for planned surgery due to treatment

delays caused by coronavirus. NHS...

‘Protect Scotland’ contact-tracing app is

launched by Nicola Sturgeon

England and Wales will now become the last places

in the UK to have a coronavirus contact tracing app

after Scotland launched...

Chemotherapy drug more effective when

combined with microbubbles

Aiming to increase the precision, researchers at

Tulane University created a combination treatment

that involves vaporizing...

A new method for directed networks

could help multiple levels of science

A prime example of this is a food web, in which the

nodes represent species and there is a directed

edge from each species...

Researchers solve decades old

mitochondrial mystery that could lead to

new disease treatments

Reporting in a new study published today in Nature,

researchers from the Department of Physiology in

the Perelman School...

Sampling the gut microbiome with an

ingestible pill

Currently, researchers obtain gut microbes by

collecting stool samples or using techniques such as

colonoscopy or endoscopy....

Women’s heart health linked to age at

first menstrual period

Because CVD is the leading cause of death in

women, a lot of research is devoted to identifying

ways for women to improve...

Allergic immune responses help fight

bacterial infections

Allergy is one of the most common diseases in

Europe, it is estimated that more than 150 million

Europeans suffer from recurring...

Safety-net clinicians’ caseloads received

reduced merit-based incentive payment

scores

ST. LOUIS – A team of researchers led by Kenton

Johnston, Ph.D., an associate professor of health

management and policy...

Tel Aviv University study confirms

widespread literacy in biblical-period

kingdom of Judah

IMAGE: Examples of Hebrew ostraca from Arad.

view more Credit: Michael Cordonsky, TAU and the

Israel Antiquities...

Scientists map freshwater transport in

the Arctic Ocean

IMAGE: Map of the study region. The colored lines

denote the ship tracks of the oceanographic surveys

whose data were...

Cancer: Dismantling the web of death

Chemotherapy, however, is stressful for the body

and it can become ineffective with time: In addition

to side effects, the...

Scientists predicted new superhard

materials

A group of Skoltech scientists used machine

learning (ML) methods to predict superhard

materials based on their crystal structure. The...

CityU develops anti-bacterial graphene

face masks

IMAGE: Dr Ye’s team uses the CO2 infrared laser

system to generate graphene. Experiment results

show that the...

How chemical diversity in plants

facilitates plant-animal interactions

IMAGE: A male Passerini’s tanager, Ramphocelus

passerinii, eats the fruit of Piper sancti-felicis. Photo

by Bernadette...

COVID-19 study links strict social

distancing to much lower chance of

infection

Using public transportation, visiting a place of

worship, or otherwise traveling from the home is

associated with a significantly...

Children will wait to impress others —

another twist on the classic marshmallow

test

If you asked people to name a famous psychology

study, the “marshmallow test” would probably come

out near the...

Child obesity action ‘risks losing its way’

Government efforts to fight child obesity risk getting

lost in reorganisations and delays, a report warns.

The National Audit...

Coronavirus: Behind the rise in cases in

five charts

Officials are alarmed by the latest rise in coronavirus

cases. Newly diagnosed cases have topped 2,000

for the past three...

Coronavirus: Man with chronic asthma

‘forced’ to wear mask on plane

Media captionFootage shows the EasyJet pilot

refusing to accept Nick’s medical exemption card A

man with...

Coronavirus: Concerns over Boris

Johnson’s ‘moonshot’ testing plans

Scientists and health professionals have raised

doubts about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s

“Operation Moonshot”...

Police chiefs back medicinal cannabis

cards for patients

A system of ‘cannabis cards’ for medicinal users

which will effectively decriminalise the drug is being

backed...

Mindfulness with paced breathing and

lowering blood pressure

Mindfulness is increasingly practiced as a technique

to reduce stress through mind and body interactions.

In some instances,...

Insomnia identified as a new risk factor

for type 2 diabetes in new study which

also confirms many other risk and

protective factors

The study by Associate Professor Susanna Larsson

and by Shuai Yuan of the Karolinska Institutet,

Stockholm, Sweden, used...

New glove-like device mimics sense of

touch

Pending user tests and funding to commercialise the

new technology, these ideas could become reality in

a couple of years...

People who were children when their

parents divorced have less ‘love

hormone’

Nature as a model: Researchers develop

novel anti-inflammatory substance

Oxytocin — secreted in the brain and released

during bonding experiences such as delivery of a

baby or sexual interaction...

“We are attempting to imitate nature,” explains

Professor Karsten Mäder from the Institute of

Pharmacy at MLU....

Lumpy proteins stiffen blood vessels of

the brain

Nearly all people over the age of 50 are known to

have tiny lumps of the protein Medin in the walls of

their blood vessels....

Lecturer takes laptops and smart phones

away and musters student presence

At a time when much of instruction is performed

digitally and university lecture halls are often

illuminated by a sea of...

Gut microbiota not involved in the

incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus

A clinical study with the purpose to investigate the

impact of two food supplements, fish oil and

probiotics (containing...

Body cameras may have little effect on

police and citizen behaviors

A recent analysis published in Campbell Systematic

Reviews indicates that body cameras worn by police

do not have clear or...

Study provides insights on bouncing

back from job loss

Stress associated with job loss can have a host of

negative effects on individuals that may hinder their

ability to become...

Factors linked to college aspirations,

enrollment, and success

A recent study has identified certain factors

associated with a greater likelihood that a high

school student will decide...

Gestational diabetes may accelerate

child’s biological age

Children born to mothers who had diabetes during

pregnancy may age faster biologically and be at an

increased risk for obesity...

Researchers reveal a much richer picture

of the past with new DNA recovery

technique

IMAGE: Tyler Murchie, a PhD candidate in the

Department of Anthropology and a lead author of

the study. view...

New drug could stop deadly superbug,

save tens of thousands of lives

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Vancomycin-resistant

enterococcus (VRE) is among the leading causes of

hospital-acquired infections...

‘Hands, face, space’: Department of

Health launches campaign pushing basic

coronavirus messages

A worrying video showing how far coronavirus

droplets can travel indoors has been released by the

Government ahead of a dreaded...

Grandfather, 84, who had NEVER left UK

is the earliest known fatality from

coronavirus outside China

China is facing calls for an inquiry into the truth

behind the outbreak of the coronavirus after a postmortem

found that...

The web of death

IMAGE: The physical structures of cancer cells are

disrupted by a web forming inside of the cells –

which activates...

Over a century later, the mystery of the

Alfred Wallace’s butterfly is solved

IMAGE: A living individual (Famegana nisa) in its

natural habitat. view more Credit: Dr Yu-Feng Hsu

An over...

Outbreaks of infections including Covid-

19 in England’s care homes at lowest

levels for six MONTHS

Outbreaks of coronavirus-like illnesses in care

homes have dropped to a six month low, according

to Public Health England. Between...

Could face masks build IMMUNITY to

Covid-19? Scientists theorise

Could face masks be a crude ‘vaccine’ against

Covid-19? Scientists claim infections caused by

smaller viral loads...

Passing out drunk could more than

DOUBLE your risk of later developing

dementia

Passing out drunk could more than double the risk

of later developing dementia, a study has found,

with just one drink a...

UK announces 2,659 more coronavirus

cases and eight deaths

The UK has announced 2,659 more coronavirus

cases and eight deaths as Boris Johnson

announces people must ‘limit social...

Birmingham faces looming lockdown,

West Midlands mayor admits

A map by Imperial College London predicts which

areas will be hit with tough Covid-19 restrictions

based on infection...

Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson unveils

draconian new curbs

Boris Johnson warned tonight that draconian new

coronavirus restrictions could be here for months –

as chief medical...

Bat tick found for the first time in New

Jersey

This species (Carios kelleyi) is a “soft” tick. Deer

ticks, which carry Lyme disease, are an example of

“hard”...

Metabolite signature of COVID-19 reveals

multi-organ effects

Cell-autonomous immunity shaped

human evolution

Current diagnostic tests for COVID-19 rely on the

detection of viral RNA or antibodies against the

virus. Both types of tests...

Like amoebae, most human cells can transform

themselves to engulf and degrade foreign agents in

a process known as phagocytosis,...

More cats might be COVID-19 positive

than first believed, study suggests

Researchers from Huazhong Agricultural University,

in the Chinese city, took blood samples from 102

cats between January...

Artificial intelligence aids gene activation

discovery

Nearly 25% of our genes are widely known to be

transcribed by sequences that resemble TATAAA,

which is called the “TATA...

Biological roots for teen risk-taking:

Uneven brain growth

So, why do some adolescents take more risks than

others? University of Delaware Biomedical Engineer

Curtis Johnson and graduate...

New tracking technology will help fight

rhino poaching in Namibia

The software, called the Footprint Identification

Technique (FIT), runs on JMP software from SAS

and uses advanced algorithms...

Designed antiviral proteins inhibit SARS-

CoV-2 in the lab

The findings are reported today, Sept. 9, in Science

In the experiments, the lead antiviral candidate,

named LCB1, rivaled...

RIT/NTID researchers study how deaf and

hearing people watch sign language

A recent study has shown that readers’ eye gaze

behaviors are strong indicators of words that are

unexpected, new,...

Vibration device makes homes ‘smart’ by

tracking appliances

ITHACA, N.Y. – To boost efficiency in typical

households – where people forget to take wet

clothes out of washing...

Spotlight on artificial intelligence: ONR to

highlight AI research at DoD Symposium

IMAGE: PEARL HARBOR (Mar. 23, 2016) Gunners

Mate 2nd Class Daniel Green, right, and Fire

Controlman 3rd Class Tong...

Finding a handle to bag the right proteins

Purifying specific protein molecules from complex

mixtures will become easier with a simpler way to

detect a molecular “tag”...

Baboon matriarchs enjoy less stress

IMAGE: Born to rule and rarely challenged, alpha

female baboons have lower levels of stress

hormones than their dominant...

Researchers report positive results for

ReWalk ReStore exosuit in stroke

rehabilitation

IMAGE: Researchers completed a multi-center,

single-arm trial study of the ReStore for gait training

of individuals...

Where rocks come alive: OSIRIS-REx

observes an asteroid in action

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. And while here on Earth,

“happy hour” is commonly associated with winding...

New ultrafast yellow laser poised to

benefit biomedical applications

IMAGE: Researchers used a two-step nonlinear

frequency conversion to convert mid-infrared laser

light into yellow light...

Coronavirus: Scottish deaths up by a

third at height of pandemic

The number of people who died in Scotland at the

height of the coronavirus outbreak was a third higher

than usual, according...

Coronavirus: Oxford University vaccine

trial paused after participant falls ill

Final clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine,

developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University,

have been put on hold after...

Coronavirus: Five reasons why rise in

cases is not all it seems

Officials are clearly alarmed by the latest rise in

coronavirus cases. Newly diagnosed cases have

topped 2,000 for the past...

Coronavirus: People without symptoms

‘misusing testing’

Health Secretary Matt Hancock says increasing

numbers of people in England are seeking tests

when they don’t have any...

You should RUB an itch instead of

scratching it to ease the irritation

You should RUB an itch instead of scratching it to

ease the irritation because it activates a soothing

pathway from the spinal...

Probiotics ‘could reduce obesity in

children’ and reduce their risk of serious

diseases

Probiotic yoghurts ‘could reduce obesity in children’

and shrink their risk of serious diseases in future,

study...

DNA testing ‘can predict throat cancer up

to eight YEARS’ in advance

‘The attacks would happen several times a week,

usually when I went to bed and lay down,’ says

Peter, 66 After...

‘Self-cleaning’ products claim to help

fight off viruses, reviewed

A slew of antibacterial, antiviral and other ‘selfcleaning’

products have come on to the market

GP offered to give desperately ill son half

of her OWN liver to save him because of

donor shortage

recently. But are...

GP reveals how she offered to give her desperately

ill baby son half of her own liver to save his life after

struggle to...

Could your sleeping position be the key

to success? High earners favour ‘the

freefall’

From the ‘freefall’ to the ‘foetal’, the differing

sleeping positions favoured by high and lower...

Glial cells play an active role in the

nervous system

Researchers at the University of Münster have

discovered that glial cells not only control the speed

of nerve conduction,...

Fighting cardiovascular disease with

acne drug

“Currently DCM is treated with medicines used for

heart failure in general, their function being to lower

strain on...

Romantic partners influence each other’s

goals

The research team from the University of Basel’s

Faculty of Psychology wanted to examine the shortand

long-term interdependence...

Unconscious learning underlies belief in

God, study suggests

Their research, reported in the journal Nature

Communications, is the first to use implicit pattern

learning to investigate...

More than one drink a day may raise high

blood pressure risk in adults with Type 2

diabetes

“This is the first large study to specifically investigate

the association of alcohol intake and hypertension

among...

Vitamin B1 deficiency a key factor in the

development of alcohol-related dementia

In Austria, around 5% of the population are alcohol

dependent from the age of 15 onwards. This means

that approximately 365,000...

Muscle aging: Stronger for longer

Already in our best years, our muscles begin to

shrink and their strength dwindles. Unfortunately,

this is a natural part...

Unlocking the mystery of tau for

treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

Now, a team of researchers from various

collaborating universities and hospitals in Japan has

uncovered crucial molecular...

Mysterious cellular droplets come into

focus

IMAGE: Individual protein molecules comprising the

condensate are highlighted using color. view more

Credit:...

BIO Integration Journal, Volume 1, Issue

Number 2, publishes

Guangzhou, September 9, 2020: New journal BIO

Integration (BIOI) publishes its second issue,

volume 1, issue 2. BIOI is a...

Prediction of protein disorder from amino

acid sequence

IMAGE: Associate Professor Frans Mulder and

coworkers at Aarhus University have developed

ODiNPred (Prediction of Order...

More chemicals can be assessed for

endocrine disrupting effects

A European guidance document aimed at identifying

endocrine disrupting pesticides can–with some

modifications–be...

An evolutionary roll of the dice explains

why we’re not perfect

If evolution selects for the fittest organisms, why do

we still have imperfections? Scientists at the Milner

Centre for Evolution...

During the pandemic, online lecture

series helps fill gaps in training for

urology residents

September 9, 2020 – The ongoing coronavirus

pandemic has affected all aspects of healthcare –

including sharp...

As collegiate esports become more

professional, women are being left out

A new study from North Carolina State University

reports that the rapidly growing field of collegiate

esports is effectively...

Hair loss drug spironolactone may be

safe for use in breast cancer survivors

WASHINGTON (Sept. 9, 2020) – Spironolactone is

not associated with increased risk of female breast

cancer recurrence,...

People who buy a lot of fizzy drinks ‘are

more likely to eat a bad diet overall’

People who buy fizzy drinks are more likely to eat a

bad diet overall and to be overweight, a study has

found. Researchers...

People who struggle to sleep are a fifth

more likely to develop type 2 diabetes,

study

People who struggle to get a good night’s sleep are

significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes,

even if they...

Just 17% of children with coronavirus are

hospitalized

US stay-at-home orders slowed the

spread of coronavirus

New GPS tracking data from 45 million cell phones

in the US shows that stay-at-home orders slowed

the spread of COVID-19...

Government strategies to cut childhood

obesity have ‘had little impact’ for nearly

a decade

Just 17% of children with coronavirus are

hospitalized – and most don’t get any sicker than

they would with flu,...

Government action plans to cut childhood obesity

have had ‘little impact’ and numbers of overweight

children...

Don’t panic! Ten reasons there is so

much less to fear from a second wave of

coronavirus

With summer now a distant memory, a cloud of

doom seems to have returned to these shores.

Yesterday, Britain recorded over...

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trials

put on hold after suspected ‘serious’

reaction




Boris Johnson will BAN gatherings of

more than SIX people from Monday

across ALL of England

Gatherings of more than six are being banned to try

to halt a second wave of coronavirus. In his first

reversal of the easing...

Targeted drug found effective in patients

who have lung cancer with certain

mutations

A protein called MET affects a wide range of

processes within cells, and alterations that activate

the MET gene, which codes...

Model shows that the speed neurons fire

impacts their ability to synchronize

The model focuses on Purkinje neurons, which are

found within the cerebellum. This dense region of

the hindbrain receives...

Cholesterol’s effects on cellular

membranes

The findings, published recently in the Proceedings

of the National Academy of Sciences, have farreaching

implications in...

Investigational drug stops toxic proteins

tied to neurodegenerative diseases

The work shows, for the first time, how toxic

poly(GR) (glycine-arginine repeat) proteins

produced by the mutated C9orf72...

New nanosystem enhances treatment for

melanoma in animal models

The nanocarrier is a biocompatible and

biodegradable polymer, which comprises repeating

units of glutamic acids. It packages...

A spillover effect: Medicaid expansion

leads to healthier dietary choices

Medicaid is beneficial to recipients in a multitude of

ways, by reducing emergency room visits,

increasing access to preventive...

Linking calorie restriction, body

temperature and healthspan

A new study from teams led by Scripps Research

Professors Bruno Conti, PhD, and Gary Siuzdak,

PhD, illuminates the critical...

Cell in zebrafish critical to brain

assembly, function

The research was published this week in the journal

Nature Neuroscience. With their transparent bodies,

zebrafish larvae...

Development of photovoltaics that can be

applied like paint for real-life application

IMAGE: Dr. Hae Jung Son’s team at KIST

implemented high-efficiency solar cell technology on

a large area through...

Sexual minority men who smoke report

worse mental health and more frequent

substance use

Cigarette smoking is associated with frequent

substance use and poor behavioral and physical

health in sexual and gender...

New drug could improve life expectancy

and quality for pancreatic cancer patients

The Sheffield researchers founded the spin-out

Modulus Oncology with a team of experienced

biotech entrepreneurs to fast-track...

Wild cousins may help crops battle

climate change

IMAGE: A cross pollination is made by the field team

in Lebanon to bring together modern varieties with

wild relatives. ...

New perception metric balances reaction

time, accuracy

PITTSBURGH–Researchers at Carnegie Mellon

University have developed a new metric for

evaluating how well self-driving...

Virtual tourism could offer new

opportunities for travel industry, travelers

IMAGE: Dr. Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao view more

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta

University A...

Flipping light on-off turns bacteria into

chemical factories

IMAGE: Princeton University researchers invented a

method for using light to turn on and off a

mechanism in E. coli...

Adolescent girls at risk for self-injury can

be identified using a short psychological

profile

Washington, DC, September 9, 2020 – A study in

the Journal of the American Academy of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry...

Coronavirus: Government apologises

over tests shortage

A director of the government’s test and trace

programme in England has issued a “heartfelt”

apology for...

Coronavirus: Hancock concern over

‘sharp rise’ in cases

Coronavirus: Bolton restrictions

tightened amid rise in cases

A “sharp rise” in coronavirus cases in recent days in

the UK is “concerning”, Health Secretary Matt...

Media captionMatt Hancock: “We will restrict all

hospitality to takeaways only” Tighter coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Social gatherings above six

banned in England from 14 September

Social gatherings of more than six people will be

illegal in England from Monday – with some

exemptions – amid...

Could magnesium pills be the secret to

staying strong in later life?

Preparing for her 14th marathon later this year, 77-

year-old Sylvia Jennings offers some words of

reassurance: ‘As long...

Getting to the root of women’s hair loss:

DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health

questions

Could you please tell me what can help to stop hair

falling out? Is it caused by a lack of vitamins and

minerals? Mrs D....

Takeaways are urged to cut back on

portion sizes to help tackle obesity

If the chips are down… you’ll lose weight!

Takeaways are urged to cut back on portion sizes to

help tackle obesity Officials...

How filtering blood may help to combat

Covid-19

A filter packed with beads that work like a sponge

could be used to treat Covid-19. The device

removes potentially toxic...

Woman fears short tanning sessions

caused cancerous lump on nose

Gemma Towle was just 16 when she had her first

sunbed session. ‘I was desperate to look ‘healthy’...

Coronavirus US: Data shows which

states are testing most and least

The US is conducting nearly a million coronavirus

tests a day – but not all states are screening

equally. Rhode Island...

Prostate cancer referrals ‘dropped by

HALF during lockdown’

How many people does it kill? Prostate cancer

became a bigger killer than breast cancer for the

first time, official statistics...

Can popping a pill ever beat obesity? We

ask the experts for the pros and cons

Tackling obesity is ‘one of the greatest long-term

health challenges’ this country faces, the

Government announced recently...

Older women with type 2 diabetes have

different patterns of blood use in their

brains

“It’s a pretty significant finding. Typically, when

someone presents with a sensory or motor issue

along with...

Brain stimulation reduces dyslexia

deficits

Dyslexia is a frequent disorder of reading acquisition

that affects up to 10% of the population, and is

characterized by...

NSAIDs not associated with more severe

coronavirus disease, study finds

During the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic,

concerns were raised that the use of the painkiller

ibuprofen may lead...

How birth control, girls’ education can

slow population growth

Education and family planning have long been tied

to lower fertility trends. But new research from the

University of Washington...

In Brazil, homicides are decreasing in big

cities, increasing in smaller towns: BU

study

A new Boston University School of Public Health

(BUSPH) study maps changes in homicide rates

Elevated clotting factor V levels linked to

worse outcomes in severe COVID-19

infections

On the other hand, critically ill patients with COVID-

19 and low levels of factor V appear to be at

increased risk for death...

Research unravels what makes memories

so detailed and enduring

The study, published in Nature Communications,

describes a newly discovered mechanism of

learning in the brain shown to stabilise...

Delayed immune responses may drive

COVID-19 mortality rates among men and

the elderly

The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 vary widely

across different patient populations, despite the

virus’s limited...

Small study shows convalescent plasma

is safe to use in pediatric patients with

COVID-19

To date, no therapies have been proven safe and

effective for children who develop life-threatening

complications from contracting...

Firearm ownership among LGBT adults

IMAGE: journal focusing on the understanding,

prediction, and prevention of acts of violence. view

more Credit:...

People with anorexia and body

dysmorphic disorder show brain

similarities, differences

IMAGE: Dr. Jamie Feusner, senior author view

more Credit: UCLA Health A new UCLA study

across Brazil from 2000 through...

shows partially overlapping...

Skeletal study suggests at least 11 fish

species are capable of walking

IMAGE: Thailand’s cave angel fish, Cryptotora

thamicola, is famous for its ability to walk, using a

salamander-like...

Opioid prescriptions for knee surgery

vary widely from state to state

IMAGE: Observed to expected opioid prescribing

rate. State-level variation in the opioid prescribing

rate for knee...

NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP captures fires

and aerosols across America

On Sep. 07, 2020, NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP

satellite provided two different views of how fires are

affecting the U.S....

California’s creek fire creates its own

pyrocumulonimbus cloud

On Friday September 4, 2020 at about 6:44 PM

PDT the Creek Fire began in the Big Creek drainage

area between Shaver Lake,...

Scientists probe the chemistry of a single

battery electrode particle both inside and

out

IMAGE: Images made with an X-ray microscope

show particles within a nickel-rich layered oxide

battery electrode (left)....

Listen up! Why you MUST have your ears

tested in your 50s

Hearing loss isn’t just something that strikes in old

age: you may be surprised to learn that more than

40 per cent of...

Cases of Covid-19 were at least THREE

TIMES higher than official statistics

showed, study

Coronavirus cases were at least three times higher

than the Government was reporting at the height of

the UK’s crisis,...

Rising Covid-19 cases are headed by a

three-fold rise in infections in people in

teens and 20s

Rising Covid-19 cases are being driven by people in

their teens and 20s, where cases have tripled since

July, official data...

Children who catch the common could be

immune to MIS-C

Children who have previously caught the common

cold have coronavirus antibodies that prevent them

from developing the hyper-inflammatory...

Coronavirus deaths hit 24-week low of 73

in final week of August, official data

shows

The number of people dying from coronavirus in the

UK fell to a 24-week low in the final week of August,

official data reveals. A...

Covid-19 hospitalisations in Europe still

only a fraction of what they were at the

pandemic’s peak

Coronavirus hospital admissions in Europe are still

at only a fraction of the level they were in March and

April, despite...

Coronavirus UK: Bolton pubs ordered

BACK into lockdown

Some of England’s pubs were ordered back into

lockdown today amid desperate efforts to stop

partying young people fuelling...

High blood pressure and diabetes ‘can

impair thinking and memory’

Diabetes and high blood pressure cause ‘structural

changes’ in the brain that make people’s thinking

slower...

Why people with knee osteoarthritis

experience different kinds of pain

The pain experience in patients with knee

osteoarthritis changes over time. People initially

experience primarily weight-bearing...

Rubbing skin activates itch-relief neural

pathway

It can be hard to resist the relief of scratching an

itch, even though scratching damages skin,

especially in sensitive areas...

New insights into evolution of gene

expression

Major organ-altering evolutionary events such as

development of the hominoid brain are also

associated with gene expression...

A pain reliever that alters perceptions of

risk

People who took acetaminophen rated activities like

“bungee jumping off a tall bridge” and “speaking

your...

Children with asthma could benefit from

prescribing according to genetic

differences

The trial, which compares patients treated according

to small genetic differences with patients treated

according to existing...

Gen Z not ready to eat lab-grown meat

New research by the University of Sydney and

Curtin University to published on 8 September in

Frontiers in Nutrition, found...

How mutations in DNA packaging

machines cause cancer

New research from the Children’s Medical Center

Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI)

determined how mutations...

COVID-stress may be hard to beat even

with exercise

Dropping it in the mail: Best practices

detailed for mail-in colon cancer

screenings

PULLMAN, Wash. – Exercise has been shown to

reduce anxiety and stress, but it may not be enough

for the levels caused...

IMAGE: FIT kits allow patients to mail in stool

samples to screen for colon cancer. view more

Credit: UT Southwestern...

Through enzyme testing, researchers

sharpen CRISPR gene-editing tool

One of the biggest scientific advances of the last

decade is getting better thanks to researchers at

The University of Texas...

Climate change will decimate Palm

Springs, Coachella Valley tourism

IMAGE: Worldmark vacation resort in Indio. view

more Credit: Michal Wisniowski A new UC

Riverside study...

As information flows through brain’s

heirarchy, higher regions use higher

frequency waves

IMAGE: Measurements of brain wave power while

animals waited to see a new image show distinct

peaks in the beta frequency...

Lineshape-tailoring of coupled plasmonic

systems based on first principle

IMAGE: A photonic system containing multiple

arbitrary resonators coupled together, shined by

external illuminations....

Suicide on screen: Getting the message

right can support better mental health

outcomes

13 Reasons Why is just one of several widely

successful shows to hit our screens in recent years

that contains portrayals...

Theoretical prediction of reverse

intersystem crossing for organic

semiconductors

IMAGE: Figure 1. TADF materials examined in this

study and their RISC rate constants (kRISC). a

Molecular structures...

Coronavirus: Class to self-isolate at

Caerphilly school after positive test

A class of 21 pupils has been told to self-isolate for

two weeks after a member of staff at their school

tested positive...

Presidential rivals Trump and Biden spar

over Covid-19 vaccine

Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been trading

insults over each other’s position on a vaccine for

Covid-19. President...

Coronavirus: ‘Long Covid’ patients need

treatment programme, doctors say

Media captionKeen cyclists Meredith and Elly, who

was training for a marathon, say they’re still

suffering...

Coronavirus: Warnings from scientists as

UK cases continue to rise

Two of the UK government’s scientific advisers have

given stark warnings over the increase in

coronavirus cases. Prof...

Testosterone injections ‘can trigger

drastic weight loss’ in obese men of four

STONE

Testosterone injections can trigger drastic long-term

weight loss in obese men, a German study has

found. Men with an...

Changing what we eat could offset years

of climate-warming emissions, new

analysis finds

Plant protein foods–like lentils, beans, and nuts–can

provide vital nutrients using a small fraction of the

land...

New surgical tools with smart sensors

can advance cardiac surgery and therapy

IMAGE: Seen here, a conformal array of electrodes

affixed to an inflated balloon catheter view more

Credit:...

‘Wild West’ mentality lingers in modern

populations of US mountain regions

When historian Frederick Jackson Turner presented

his famous thesis on the US frontier in 1893, he

described the “coarseness...

Producing leather-like materials from

fungi

An international team led by material chemists

Alexander Bismarck and Mitchell Jones from the

University of Vienna demonstrate...

Gut microbes could allow space travelers

to stay healthy on long voyages

Spending long periods of time in space can wreak

havoc on space traveler health, including negative

effects on metabolism,...

Study highlights possible causes of racial

disparities in prostate cancer deaths

New research provides insights on the potential

causes of racial disparities in deaths following

prostate cancer surgery....

Innovative, minimally invasive treatment

can help maintain prostate cancer

patients’ quality of life

IMAGE: Andre Abreu, MD, leading a team through a

focal HIFU procedure at Keck Medical Center. view

more Credit:...

Glasgow Coma Scale: A simple tool to

use when verbal component scores are

missing

IMAGE: Visual aid to imputation of a verbal score

based on the EM score. In step 1, the eye and motor

component scores...

Blood tests may detect psychotic

disorders years BEFORE they start

Blood test can detect signs of psychotic disorders

years BEFORE they start by recognising ‘protein

patterns’...

Americans DID comply with coronavirus

lockdowns. in 98% of counties CDC finds

Americans complied with stay-at-home orders nearly

everywhere that issued them and helped to slow the

spread of coronavirus,...

Can a rival to the world’s most expensive

drug help George with his musclewasting

illness?

At first glance, George looked much like any other

baby. But mum Lucy knew something wasn’t quite

right. Sitting up, he...

End the obscenity of denying families the

basic human right to hug their dying

loved ones

A wife watches over her dying husband, separated

by a glass window – he is so ill, he can no longer

even see or hear her....

Vaccine for coronavirus most likely to

come in ‘first few months’ of 2021, Matt

Hancock reveals

Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine will most

likely be rolled out in the ‘first few months’ of next...

Coronavirus UK: Winter wave ‘could

overwhelm 87% NHS hospitals’

More than a hundred NHS Trusts may be

overwhelmed this winter if the coronavirus

hospitalisation rate surges to the level...

Britain confirms another 2,948 cases of

coronavirus

Britain has confirmed almost 3,000 new cases of

coronavirus for the second day in a row, suggesting

yesterday’s ‘concerning’...

Percentage of positive Covid-19 tests in

the UK has dropped from 40% to less

than 2.5%

The numbers of people testing positive for Covid-19

in the UK should not be compared to the height of

the outbreak because...

A new twist on DNA origami

This research was published today in Nature

Chemistry — indeed the meta-DNA self-assembly

concept may totally transform...

Genome sequencing accelerates cancer

detection

Researchers have now developed a statistical

model that uses genomic data to accurately predict

whether a patient with Barrett’s...

Common cold jumpstarts defense against

influenza

Rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of common

colds, can prevent the flu virus from infecting

airways by jumpstarting the...

First ‘plug and play’ brain prosthesis

demoed in paralyzed person

“The BCI field has made great progress in recent

years, but because existing systems have had to be

reset and recalibrated...

Children use both brain hemispheres to

understand language, unlike adults

The study published Sept. 7, 2020 in PNAS focuses

on one task, language, and finds that to understand

language (more specifically,...

Ancient bony fish forces rethink of how

sharks evolved

Sharks’ non-bony skeletons were thought to be the

template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but

a new fossil...

Multinationals’ supply chains account for

a fifth of global emissions

A fifth of carbon dioxide emissions come from

multinational companies’ global supply chains,

according to a new study...

Genetic study of proteins is a

breakthrough in drug development for

complex diseases

IMAGE: Comparing the genetic inferred causal

relationships of proteins on human diseases with

historic drug development...

Improving European healthcare through

cell-based interceptive medicine

IMAGE: Magnification of miniature chips: Single

cells are encapsulated in tiny droplets and supplied

with reagents...

Viruses play critical role in evolution and

survival of the species

CINCINNATI – As the world scrambles to control the

growing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, new

research in Nature Structural...

Gene test can predict risk of medications

causing liver injury

IMAGE: Color-enhanced confocal microscope image

of a liver organoid used in a study in Nature

Medicine that reports...

‘Wrong-way’ migrations stop shellfish

from escaping ocean warming

Ocean warming is paradoxically driving bottomdwelling

invertebrates – including sea scallops, blue

mussels, surfclams...

The brain can induce diabetes remission

in rodents, but how?

IMAGE: Glucoregulatory neurons within the

hypothalamic arcuate nucleus-median eminence of

the brain are enmeshed by...

Coronavirus: Football crowd must isolate

after outbreak

Up to 300 people who attended a charity football

match are being told to self-isolate after 28 people

tested positive for...

Covid: Australia hopes to roll out almost

85 million vaccine doses

Coronavirus vaccine: Australia rules out mandatory

immunisations

Coronavirus: India overtakes Brazil in

Covid-19 cases

Coronavirus: Young people breaking

rules risk ‘second wave’

Coronavirus: How many Covid-19 deaths is India

missing?

The UK could see a second spike in coronavirus

cases if young people don’t follow social distancing

rules, the health...

Why are Covid death rates so low when

cases are are soaring?

Dreadfully itchy, blistering red spots – usually in

clusters – and possibly a fever. One grizzly, overtired

toddler;...

House parties could be banned until 2023

because coronavirus ‘is not

disappearing’, scientist warns

House parties and other ‘super-spreading events’

could be banned until 2023 because coronavirus ‘is

not...

UK records just three daily Covid deaths

in lowest preliminary Sunday total since

lockdown began

The Health Secretary has urged the public to stick to

social distancing rules as the UK recorded its

highest number of daily...

Coronavirus patients treated in hospital

still suffer lung damage THREE MONTHS

after returning home

Coronavirus patients who have been treated in

hospital still suffer lung damage up to THREE

MONTHS after returning home,...

Coronavirus second wave ‘could come in

spring 2021’ because winter can create a

‘mini-quarantine’

A second wave of coronavirus may not hit the UK

until spring 2021 with a cold winter likely to impose

its own ‘mini-quarantine’,...

Is your child skipping meals? It could be

coronavirus

If your child brings home an uneaten packed lunch it

could be a sign of coronavirus, scientists have

warned. More than a...

African wild dogs have vestigial first digit

and muscular adaptations for life on the

run

IMAGE: Illustration of the muscles and bones of the

African wild dog forearm. The bone labeled

“metacarpal 1...

Is APM the best way to evaluate NBA

players?

Syracuse, N.Y. – A recent study by sport analytics

professors shows the Adjusted Plus-Minus (APM)

statistic used to...

Evaluating hormone-related targets and

risks associated with COVID-19

The evidence for hormone involvement in COVID-19

infection and treatment will be evaluated and

discussed by endocrine experts...

Children with social anxiety, maternal

history of depression more likely to

develop depression

BINGHAMTON, NY — Although researchers have

known for decades that depression runs in families,

new research from Binghamton...

Poetry in motion: Engineers analyze the

fluid physics of movement in marine

snails

In the world’s oceans, billions of tiny marine snails (a

form of plankton) commute daily between surface

waters, where...

Air passengers might be screened again

eight days after arriving in UK

Air passengers could be tested eight days after

arrival under plans to get Britain flying again.

Ministers are considering...

‘Don’t kill your gran’ by spreading

coronavirus, Matt Hancock urges young

people

Health Secretary Matt Hancock today told young

people ‘Don’t kill your gran’ as he warned

coronavirus...

Probiotics may help manage childhood

obesity

Probiotics may help children and adolescents with

obesity lose weight when taken alongside a caloriecontrolled

diet, according...

Attacking tumors from the inside

IMAGE: From left: Drs. Ralph Mason, Li Liu, and

Yihang Guo, and researcher Jeni Gerberich used a

new tool called multispectral...

Better customer care on Twitter leads to

nearly 20% increase in customer

satisfaction

CATONSVILLE, MD, September 3, 2020 – Social

media has forever changed our society and how

people do business. A 2013...

Thyroid inflammation linked to anxiety

disorders

Patients with autoimmune inflammation of their

thyroid may be at greater risk of developing anxiety,

according to a study...

Warning: Epidemics are often followed by

unrest

IMAGE: Massimo Morelli, Bocconi University view

more Credit: Paolo Tonato If you have not been

hearing much...

Coronavirus: Further 2,988 cases

confirmed in UK

Media captionMatt Hancock: “We are concerned

about this rise in cases” A further 2,988 cases of...

NASA-NOAA satellite catches Hurricane

Nana making landfall under cover of night


over the Caribbean Sea overnight on Sept. 3 at 3:25

a.m. EDT (0725...

Cellular roadmaps predict body’s

coronavirus vulnerability

ITHACA, N.Y. – New research from Cornell

University developed potential roadmaps for how the

coronavirus infects organs...

LSU Health New Orleans radiologists find

chest X-rays highly predictive of COVID-

19

New Orleans, LA – A team of LSU Health New

Orleans radiologists investigated the usefulness of

chest x-rays in COVID-19...

Seeing progress

As we get older, many of our body’s processes start

slowing down. For instance, a cut on the hand will

take longer...

UCalgary researchers discover how to

capture images of cells at work inside our

lungs

University of Calgary scientists have discovered how

to capture “live” images of immune cells inside the

lungs....

A spicy silver lining

IMAGE: Silver nanoparticles are synthesized with

the help of the spicy habanero pepper. From the

Journal of Nanophotonics,...

Independent physician-owned practices

adopt more quality improvement

strategies

Little is known about what determines strategy

implementation around quality improvement (QI) in

small and medium-sized primary...

COVID-19 patients suffer long-term lung

and heart damage but it can improve with

time

IMAGE: CT scan of patient’s lungs showing COVID-

19 damage in red view more Credit: Gerlig

Widmann and...

Hearing loss in naked mole-rats is an

advantage, not a hardship

IMAGE: Thomas Park, professor of biological

sciences and neuroscience at the University of

Illinois Chicago ...

Megafire does not deter Yosemite’s

spotted owls

In 2013 the Rim Fire-the largest fire on record in the

Sierra Nevada-burned one third of the potential

California Spotted...

In butterfly battle of sexes, males deploy

‘chastity belts’ but females fight back

IMAGE: The size and shape of mating plugs often

varies by species. This female Acraea omrora

features a small plug...

Do big tadpoles turn into big frogs? It’s

complicated, study finds

IMAGE: An adult female reed frog from Cameroon.

In this African family, adult and tadpole body sizes

are closely related...

Quantum leap for speed limit bounds

IMAGE: A Wang-Hazzard commutativity graph

captures the microscopic detail of the mathematical

functions physicists...

Quality over quantity in recovering

language after stroke

IMAGE: ECU researchers have found that intensive

therapy is not necessarily best for treating the loss

of language...

Running on fumes

What The Article Says: A hospitalist charts his

emotional journey in this narrative essay from when

once brightly colored...

Ocean carbon uptake widely

underestimated

The world’s oceans soak up more carbon than most

scientific models suggest, according to new

The potential of green infrastructure in

mitigating flood impacts: Focused on the

mobility of low income and minority

comunities

IMAGE: Courtney Crosson and UA architecture

students facilitate a mapping activity to identify

current flooding challenges...

Factors that raise the risk of mortality

among children with several acute

malnutrition

Key Points An estimated 15.7% of children

hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition die before

they are discharged. Presence...

Common cold combats influenza

As the flu season approaches, a strained public

health system may have a surprising ally — the

common cold virus. Rhinovirus,...

Relief for people who struggle with CPAP

masks

A trial of a simple yet effective surgery has led

Australian experts to promote it as an option to

specialists around the...

Deep underground forces explain quakes

on San Andreas Fault

Rock-melting forces occurring much deeper in the

Earth than previously understood appear to drive

research. Previous estimates...

tremors along a notorious...

Inequality of opportunity drags down

everyone’s motivation

Unequal compensation reduces people’s motivation

to work, even among those who stand to benefit

from unfair advantages,...

Misaligned planet-forming rings around

triple young stars

IMAGE: Three rings are clearly seen in the image.

The innermost ring looks almost circular because it

is viewed face-on,...

More power to you: A novel betavoltaic

technology with dyes for better energy

production

IMAGE: Prof Su-Il In, head of the Green and

Renewable Energy for Endless Nature (GREEN)

Lab at DGIST view more Credit:...

Squaring the circle — Breaking the

symmetry of a sphere to control the

polarization of light

IMAGE: (a/c) Both left- and right-handed CPL are

generated by the phase difference between two

perpendicular electric...

New weight-loss hope for those with

highest obesity risk: Underserved, lowincome

patients

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Low-income Louisiana

patients enrolled in a tailored obesity intervention

program lost much...

Offspring of mice fed imbalanced diets

shown to be neurologically ‘programmed’

for obesity

IMAGE: The magenta staining shows brain cells that

release dopamine. The green staining shows newly

generated cells....

Key priorities for transplant and living

donor advocacy during COVID-1

(LOS ANGELES) – In a newly published paper, the

authors first paint the vision of what optimal patient

advocacy can...

Repulsion mechanism between neurons

governs fly brain structure

IMAGE: Dscam regulates lineage-dependent

repulsion. Neurons of the same lineage repel each

other and project to different...

Fatty acid receptor involved in

temperature-induced sex reversal of

Japanese medaka fish

IMAGE: Heat stress activates the PPAR? signal in

gonadal somatic cells through cortisol in the adrenal

gland to differentiate...

A chemist from RUDN developed a green

catalyst for pharmaceutical and industrial

chemistry

IMAGE: Many production facilities (e.g. plastic

manufacturers, pharma companies, and others) use

nanocatalysts that...

Images of captive torment in art

IMAGE: Anon., Figures kissing, 1942-45, wood,

approximate height = 40?cm. Courtesy of Barmera

Visitor Information Centre,...

Coronavirus: Primary schools ‘no greater

risk than home’ for pupils and staff

Attending primary school puts children and staff at

no greater risk of contracting coronavirus than

staying at home, a study...

Coronavirus: Portugal quarantine rules

come into force

Travellers arriving in Scotland from Portugal will

have to self-isolate for 14 days under new

quarantine rules that came...

Coronavirus: ‘Critical moment’ as

students return to university

A leading epidemiologist has warned the country is

at a “critical moment” in the coronavirus pandemic,

as students...

Coronavirus: Tests ‘could be picking up

dead virus’

The main test used to diagnose coronavirus is so

sensitive it could be picking up fragments of dead

virus from old infections,...

Quantum algorithm proposed to solve

Dyck language problems

Co-author, Senior Research Associate of the KFU

Quantum Informatics Lab Kamil Khadiev, explains,

“The Dyck problem...

Electric current is manipulated by light in

an organic superconductor

IMAGE: Fig. 3. Schematic illustration of the SHG

induced by a petahertz non-linear current in an

organic superconductor...

Japan’s geologic history in question after

discovery of metamorphic rock

microdiamonds

IMAGE: a: Geological zone in western Japan. The

blue-green part is the Sanbagawa belt that crosses

mainland Japan....

Nanoearthquakes control spin centers in

SiC

SUTD develops intelligent model

simulator that maps complex phenomena

of memristor memory

IMAGE: Snapshot depicts the temperature profile of

the memristor memory model. view more Credit:

SUTD Memristor...

Psychological abuse: obstetric care must

delve deeper

As domestic violence skyrockets amid COVID-19,

women’s health experts are calling for compulsory

training of obstetric...

Air pollution renders flower odors

unattractive to moths

IMAGE: Surface acoustic waves (SAW) generated

by radio-frequency signals applied to interdigital

transducers (IDT)...

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute

for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and the

University of Virginia,...

Apps and social distancing: Why we

accept corona rules

The higher the severity of an infection is thought to

be, the greater the motivation is to socially distance.

That is one...

Researchers study why neural networks

are efficient in their predictions

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and neural

networks are terms that are increasingly being used

in daily life. Face...

NASA’s Aqua Satellite finds wind shear

not letting up on Omar



Aqua satellite gathered...

The Lancet: Preliminary results from

Russian trials of vaccine candidates

reported

The new paper reports the findings of two openlabel,

non-randomised phase 1/2 trials looking at a

frozen formulation...

The Lancet: Preliminary results from

Russian trials find that vaccine

candidates led to no serious adverse

events and elicit antibody response

The new paper reports the findings of two openlabel,

non-randomised phase 1/2 trials looking at a

frozen formulation...

Cell-autonomous immunity and the

pathogen-mediated evolution of humans

Although immune responses are generated by a

complex, hierarchical arrangement of immune

system organs, tissues, and components,...

NASA satellite finds Haishen now a super

typhoon

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the

Philippine Sea on Sept. 4 and provided a visible

image of Haishen that...

‘Floppy’ atomic dynamics help turn heat

into electricity

IMAGE: Evolution of atomic lattice oscillation waves

upon heating the tin sulfide crystal, as measured

with neutron...

Chemistry’s Feng Lin Lab is splitting

water molecules for a renewable energy

future

IMAGE: Chemistry graduate student Zhijie Yang is

operating synchrotron measurement computer at

Advanced Photon Source...

Coronavirus: Why have cases spiked in

Corby?

Corby has risen up the rankings of English towns

and cities for new coronavirus cases, with many

found in younger people....

Coronavirus: Does reopening schools

risk spreading coronavirus?

The risk that children will become gravely ill from

coronavirus has been described as “tiny”. But could

schools...

Coronavirus case numbers ‘remain

unchanged’ in England

The level of coronavirus among the community in

England remains “unchanged” for the week to 25

August, the Office...

Survival rates for Covid-19 patients in UK

intensive care units have risen by 10%

Ten per cent more of Britain’s sickest coronavirus

patients are surviving than at the start of the

pandemic. Analysis...

Russia’s Covid vaccine might actually

WORK, early data suggests

Russia‘s Covid-19 vaccine might actually protect

people from catching the disease, early studies

show as the country...

Coronavirus: Obese people’s immune

systems put under more strain

Obese people may suffer more from Covid-19

because their weight damages their immune

system, according to a study. The...

Are people in Africa being protected from

Covid-19 by POVERTY?

Poor countries may have greater protection against

coronavirus because of their harsh living conditions,

scientists have...

Coronavirus: Children’s risk of infection

at school ‘extremely low’

A child’s risk of catching the coronavirus at school is

‘extremely low’, Public Health England has said,...

Coronavirus infection rate in England

‘remains stable’

The number of people catching coronavirus in

England remains stable at 2,000 per day, according

to official data which shows...

Coronavirus UK: 1,940 new cases in

biggest surge since MAY

Britain today confirmed another 1,940 cases of

coronavirus in the biggest surge for more than three

months, with May 30 the...

Exposure to cadmium in the womb linked

to childhood asthma and allergies

Cadmium is known to be hazardous to human

health and its use is restricted in the European

Union, but it has been widely...

Personal use of permanent hair dye not

associated with greater risk of most

Tiny biological package gets drug right to

the ‘heart’ of transplant rejection

cancers or cancer death

While this should provide general reassurance to

users of permanent hair dyes, the authors say they

did find a slight increase...

When doing good boosts health, wellbeing

The study was published in the journal

Psychological Bulletin. “Prosocial behavior —

altruism, cooperation, trust...

Blood breakdown product commandeers

important enzyme

“Blood is a juice of very special kind,” is what

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had his

Mephistopheles say. The hemoglobin...

The findings are presented in the Aug. 18, 2020,

issue of the journal Small. Preventing the rejection

of a transplanted heart...

Does the COVID-19 cytokine storm exist?

The cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients is not

clearly defined. In many cases, different cytokines

are evaluated and no comparison...

Common class of drugs linked to

increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease

The findings were published in the September 2,

2020 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal

of the American Academy...

Identification and treatment key in

responding to COVID-19 health anxiety in

children

Writing in the Behavioural and Cognitive

Psychotherapy Journal, the psychologists from the

University of Bath highlight how...

Researchers find unexpected electrical

current that could stabilize fusion

reactions

IMAGE: An artist’s rendering of electrical current

flowing through a tokamak fusion facility view more

Credit:...

Post-COVID syndrome severely damages

children’s hearts

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, USA – Multisystem

inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), believed

to be linked to COVID-19,...

Scientists predicted new hard and

superhard ternary compounds

IMAGE: Ternary phase diagram of the W-Mo-B

system at 0 K view more Credit: A. Kvashnin et

al./Chemistry of...

New peer reviews of COVID-19 preprints

from the MIT Press journal RAPID

REVIEWS COVID-19

CAMBRIDGE, MA – September 2, 2020–Rapid

Reviews: COVID-19 (RR:C19), is an open-access

overlay journal published...

Unraveling the secrets of Tennessee

whiskey

IMAGE: UT Department of Food Science graduate

students collecting whiskey distillate samples for

chemical analysis...

Painting with light: Novel nanopillars

precisely control intensity of transmitted

light

IMAGE: Illustration depicts a faithful reproduction of

Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring ”...

Study: Why people with knee

osteoarthritis experience different kinds

of pain

(Boston) — Osteoarthritis is the most common form

of arthritis worldwide, affecting more than 300 million

people. It...

Johnson & Johnson reveals coronavirus

vaccine prevents severe illness in

hamsters

Johnson Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine candidate

prevented severe illness in a small group of

hamsters, the drugmaker...

FSU researchers track nutrient transport

in the Gulf of Mexico

Researchers from Florida State University are

shedding light on nutrient levels in the Gulf of

Mexico with new findings published...

Ted Cruz-led senators want abortion pill

classed as ‘dangerous’

Twenty Republican senators sent a letter to the US

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking that the

abortion pill be deemed...

Study finds 60% higher rates of COVID-19

among people with low levels of the

‘sunshine vitamin’

People who are vitamin D deficient are nearly 60

percent more likely to test positive for coronavirus, a

new study finds. Vitamin...

400 people per day died in UK’s care

homes at peak of Covid crisis

Care homes have said the need to restrict the

movement of staff between homes to help limit the

spread of coronavirus was...

Pfizer expects results from its

coronavirus vaccine trials by October,

CEO confirms

Pfizer aims to submit coronavirus vaccine trial

results to the FDA by October, CEO confirms – as

Losing weight slashes risk of several

chronic health conditions… even if you

are still obese

Why going on diet really CAN save your life: Losing

weight slashes the risk of developing several chronic

health conditions…...

Diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach cramps

‘should be official symptoms of

coronavirus in children’

Diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach cramps should be

official symptoms of coronavirus in children, say

the White House insists...

scientists who found they...

Interactive map shows where next

coronavirus hotspots are likeliest to flare

up in next three weeks

A new interactive map shows where the next

coronavirus hotspots are likeliest to flare up in the

next three weeks. The Imperial...

New computational tool enables

prediction of key functional sites in

proteins based on structure

Nikolay Dokholyan, professor of pharmacology at

Penn State College of Medicine, and postdoctoral

scholar Jian Wang created...

A 400-year-old chamois will serve as a

model for research on ice mummies

The chamois had in fact been protected by the

glacier for 400 years and only recently released due

to the ice having receded....

Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of

getting COVID-19, study finds

“Vitamin D is important to the function of the immune

system and vitamin D supplements have previously

been shown to...

Cell division: Cleaning the nucleus

without detergents

Organization of cells into specific compartments is

critical for their function. For instance, by separating

the nucleus...

Researchers identify nanobody that may

prevent COVID-19 infection

“We hope our findings can contribute to the

amelioration of the COVID-19 pandemic by

encouraging further examination...

Red hot meat: The wrong recipe for heart

disease

Conducted in partnership with the Gyeongsang

National University the study found that consuming

red and processed meat increased...

Coaxing single stem cells into specialized

cells

The researchers noticed that their technique —

which allows for the encapsulation of a single cell

within a minute...

Intelligent software for district renewable

energy management

New homes are increasingly being outfitted with

solar panels, heat pumps, rechargeable batteries

and other means of producing...

Uncovering the genetics behind heart

attacks that surprise young, healthy

women

SCAD is poorly understood, and it’s so far

impossible to predict which combination of genes

and environmental triggers...

New technology lets quantum bits hold

information for 10,000 times longer than

previous record

IMAGE: Conceptual art of the acceptor-based spinorbit

qubit. A boron atom (yellow) implanted in

silicon crystal (blue)...

Scientists propose nano-confinement

strategy to form sub-nanometer reactors

IMAGE: TEM image of a triple-atom active center

and the schematic illustration of a sub-nanometer

reactor hosting it...

Surprise on Mars

An observer standing on Mars would see the

planet’s moon Phobos cross the sky from west to

east every five hours. Its...

Autophagy: the beginning of the end

Autophagosomes first form as cup-shaped

membranes in the cell, which then grow to engulf

the cellular material designated...

Unconventional T cells in severe COVID-

19 patients could predict disease

outcome

IMAGE: Increased MAIT and iNKT cell activation is

associated with improved outcome in severe

COVID-19 patients. ...

The case of ibuprofen: evidence of huge

impact of COVID-19 misinformation when

coming from credible sources

In March, in the early days of the coronavirus

pandemic in Europe, a tweet from the French Health

Minister, Olivier Verán,...

Esketamine spray for treating depression

‘not cost-effective’

A nasal esketamine spray for hard-to-treat

depression has been rejected for use on the NHS

for a second time because of uncertainty...

Plant protein discovery could reduce

need for fertilizer

Researchers have discovered how a protein in plant

roots controls the uptake of minerals and water, a

finding which could...

Coronavirus: Charity seeks judicial

review on care home visit guidance

A dementia charity is seeking a judicial review of the

government guidance on care home visits. John’s

Campaign says...

Gene-edited babies: Current techniques

not safe, say experts

Current scientific techniques are not yet safe or

effective enough to be used to create gene-edited

babies, an international...

Coronavirus: Testing boss ‘very sorry’ for

shortages

Weekly coronavirus deaths drop below

100 for the first time in five months

Bosses in charge of the coronavirus testing system

have apologised after it emerged UK labs were

struggling to keep up with...

The number of people dying from coronavirus every

week has fallen to double digits for the first time in

five months, official...

Number of Americans with depression

symptoms TRIPLED amid the pandemic,

study finds

The number of Americans with depression

symptoms exponentially rose during the coronavirus

pandemic, a new study suggests. Researchers...

Coronavirus US: Vaccine trials could stop

early if safe, says Fauci

Clinical trials for coronavirus vaccines could be

stopped weeks early, if data from the tests is

‘overwhelmingly’...

People who drink just ONE bottle of beer

or a small wine each day are 25% more

likely to be obese

People who drink a bottle of beer or small glass of

wine each day are up to 25 per cent more likely to

be obese, a study...

Obesity may alter immune system

response to COVID-19

Obesity not only leads to problems like heart

disease and diabetes, but also influences the

immune system in many ways. Obesity...

Pentagon and Google work on tool to

identify cancer in veterans

Pentagon teams up with Google to create a new AI

tool that will help identify cancer among military

veterans Google and...

Doctors should not call overweight

patients ‘chubby’ or ‘plus-size’ because it

upsets them

Doctors should not call overweight patients ‘chubby’

or ‘plus-size’ because it upsets them and people...

‘Hotspots’ of a coronavirus infection in

the human body

“SARS-CoV-2 not just infects the respiratory system,

it has the potential to affect many other organs in the

body....

Antibiotics affect breast milk microbiota

in mothers of preterm infants, study finds

The study is the largest to date of breast milk

microbiota in mothers of preterm infants, and it is the

first to show that...

Study reveals lactose tolerance happened

quickly in Europe

Despite the prominence of milk drinking in Europe

and North American today, approximately two-thirds

of the world’s...

How to capture images of cells at work

inside our lungs

“It makes sense that macrophages would move

around, but we could only hypothesise this because

we couldn’t see...

Is consciousness continuous or

discrete? Maybe it’s both, argue

researchers

“Consciousness is basically like a movie. We think

we see the world as it is, there are no gaps, there is

nothing in...

Therapeutic testbed for age-related

macular degeneration

Unfortunately, this isn’t the case for the cells at the

back of the eye, which simply don’t repair much

after...

Who should get the COVID-19 vaccine

first?

Now, nineteen global health experts from around the

world have proposed a new, three-phase plan for

vaccine distribution...

NASA eyes typhoon Haishen’s 10 milewide

eye

IMAGE: NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible

image of Tropical Storm Haishen on Sept. 3 at 0145

UTC (Sept....

Researchers redesign the face mask to

improve comfort and protection

IMAGE: Georgia Tech professor Sundaresan

Jayaraman and principal research scientist

Sungmee Park wear prototypes of...

NASA finds Maysak becoming extratropical

IMAGE: On Sept. 3, NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP

satellite revealed southeasterly wind shear battering

Maysak had exposed...

Wool-like material can remember and

change shape

IMAGE: A keratin sheet folded into a complex

origami star as its permanent shape. Once the

memory was set, the researchers...

Personal success more appreciated than

team dominance in sports, business

ITHACA, N.Y. – People enjoy witnessing

extraordinary individuals – from athletes to CEOs -

extend long runs of...

The genetics of blood: A global

perspective

What’s the risk of different human populations to

develop a disease? To find out, a team led by

Université de Montréal...

Red hot meat: the wrong recipe for heart

disease

Striving and stumbling towards

sustainability amongst pandas and

people

IMAGE: Tourists flock to see pandas in China’s

Wolong National Nature Reserve, bringing with them

an array of...

Coronavirus US: Over HALF of patients

had antibiotics ‘of no help’

From MasterChef to MKR, the world’s best chefs

have taught us how to barbeque, grill and panfry a

steak to perfection....

More than HALF of hospitalized coronavirus patients

received antibiotics that were no help to them within

two days of being...

The true risk of Covid-19? Not much more

than taking a regular bath, writes TIM

HARFORD

Take a guess at what percentage of Britain’s

population has died from Covid-19. Is it 5 per cent?

As low as 1 per cent? In...

Lockdown decisions should be made on

hospital patients NOT ‘volatile’ new

cases, senior Tory says

Hospital admissions should be used as an indicator

of whether tougher Covid-19 restrictions are needed

in England’s...

What rapid Covid tests could be used in

Britain and how do they work?

The Department of Health today revealed it is

investing £500million in getting rapid on-the-spot

coronavirus tests into...

Coronavirus UK: 1,735 new cases in

biggest surge since 4 June

Britain has announced 1,735 new coronavirus cases

in the biggest daily spike in three months. The last

time daily infections...

How we sleep today may forecast when

Alzheimer’s disease begins

UC Berkeley neuroscientists Matthew Walker and

Joseph Winer have found a way to estimate, with

some degree of accuracy, a...

Care home worker, 31, becomes first Brit

to catch Covid-19 twice

Care home worker, 31, becomes first Brit to catch

Covid-19 and beat it twice and now faces another

test The un-named care...

How coronavirus hijacks the body and

‘opens the floodgates’ for mass infection

Coronavirus is able to rapidly multiply by hijacking

the body and forcing it to produce more receptors it

can use to enter...

Back to normal by Christmas? Hancock

says rapid testing is ‘best shot’ at ending

social distancing

The UK could get back to normal by Christmas if the

rapid coronavirus testing being trialled by the

Government is successful,...

Investigational COVID-19 vaccine

candidate prevents severe clinical

disease in animals

“We recently reported that an Ad26-based SARS-

CoV-2 vaccine provided robust protection in rhesus

macaques, and this...

Radiologists find chest X-rays highly

predictive of COVID-19

“In mid to late March of this year, when COVID-19

cases were spiking in New Orleans, we recognized

an unusual pattern...

Novel insights of how prostate cancer

causes secondary tumors

“We can show that one specific amino acid in a

signalling molecule plays an important role in

mobilising the cancer...

Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new

insights into the cause of type 2 diabetes

Defects in insulin signaling or insulin resistance in

skeletal muscle is important in type 2 diabetes, but

with this new...

Could plants help us find dead bodies?

Forensic botanists want to know

“In smaller, open landscapes foot patrols could be

effective to find someone missing, but in more

forested or treacherous...

Helping teens with type 1 diabetes

improve diabetes control with MyDiaText

Data show that 88 percent of teens own a cell phone

and more than 50 percent text with friends daily.

Therefore, mobile technolgoies...

Drone survey reveals large earthwork at

ancestral Wichita site in Kansas

IMAGE: Left: Drone-acquired orthoimage of the site

showing major features discussed in the paper.

Right: Thermal images...

Battery-free Game Boy runs forever

IMAGE: Researchers develop first-ever battery-free,

energy-harvesting, interactive device view more

Credit:...

Structure of mRNA initiation complex

could give insight into cancer and other

diseases

“This structure transforms what we know about

translation initiation in human cells and there has

been a tremendous...

To make a better sensor, just add noise

IMAGE: Artist’s depiction of a phenomenon called

stochastic resonance. Researchers studied this

technique to...

Tryptophan supports guts health on

trouts under stress, says a RUDN

biologist

IMAGE: A biologist from RUDN University found the

most beneficial concentration of tryptophan for

rainbow trout. When...

A new model to predict survival in

colorectal cancer

IMAGE: Flow-chart of the procedure followed in the

pre-processing and analysis of the integrated RNA

and DNA molecular...

Radiology research funding has

increased — still no association with

citation rate

Texas A&M researchers develop

treatment for canine ocular condition

using turmeric

IMAGE: Note–Except where otherwise indicated,

data are number (%) of research articles.

aSignificance lost after...

IMAGE: Dr. Erin Scott and her colleagues produced

a therapeutic derived from turmeric to treat ocular

inflammation...

How to imitate natural spring-loaded

snapping movement without losing

energy

IMAGE: Using high-speed imaging, Crosby and

colleagues at UMass Amherst measured the

recoiling motion of elastic bands...

Coronavirus: Facebook, Twitter and

YouTube ‘fail to tackle anti-vaccination

posts’

Coronavirus: False and misleading claims about

vaccines debunked

Rise in gonorrhoea cases in England

prompts safe sex warning

Cases of the sexually transmitted infection

gonorrhoea are on the rise in England, prompting

health officials to warn people...

Coronavirus: ‘Add upset stomach in

children to symptoms’

Diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal cramps in

children could be a sign of coronavirus infection, UK

researchers say. The Queen’s...

Coronavirus: People sent long distances

for Covid tests

The UK coronavirus testing system is struggling to

cope with demand, meaning some people with

symptoms are being asked to...

How eating habits have changed in 30

years: Out with white bread, red meat, but

in with pizza

Britons are eating far less white bread and red meat

than they used to thirty years ago. But the healthy

decision to cut...

Hancock announces £500m cash

injection into trials of 20-minute

coronavirus tests

The Government is injecting half a billion pounds

into trials of rapid coronavirus tests in a bid to boost

its lagging turnaround...

Widely-used and cheap steroid

hydrocortisone can cut coronavirus

deaths by a THIRD

The cheap steroid hydrocortisone can cut Covid-19

deaths by almost a third in the sickest patients,

research has found. An...

Coronavirus ‘stays in the body for more

than a MONTH’

Coronavirus stays in the body for more than a

MONTH after you catch it and people should be retested

after four weeks before...

Children can have the coronavirus and

antibodies in their bodies at the SAME

TIME

Children can have the coronavirus AND antibodies

that fight the infection in their bodies at the SAME

TIME, study finds –...

Chemicals in e-cigarettes mix to form

‘entirely new combinations that are toxic

to lung cells’

The chemicals produced by e-cigarettes combine

inside people’s lungs to make entirely new

combinations that are toxic...

Novavax’s experimental coronavirus

vaccine triggered antibodies in 100% of

trial participants

Novavax’s experimental coronavirus vaccine

triggered antibodies in 100% of trial participants,

study reveals Novavax...

Dr Fauci ‘sounds different’ after vocal

cord polyp removal, Twitter users say

Dr Fauci is back in action, with a new, smoother

voice after surgery to remove a polyp from his vocal

cord – and Americans...

Teens who think their parents are loving

are less likely to be cyberbullies

The findings, published in the International Journal

of Bullying Prevention, are especially relevant given

changes in family...

Using tattoo ink to find cancer

WiSE Gabilan assistant professor in the department

with a lab at the USC Michelson Center for

Convergent Bioscience, Cristina...

Why naming neurons can help cure brain

disease

But to decipher how the brain works and understand

how it can go awry in many diseases, it is essential

to figure out how...

Exposure to workplace sexual

harassment linked to an increased risk of

Inflammation linked to Alzheimer’s

disease development

Recent studies have found that beta-amyloid has

antiviral and antimicrobial properties, suggesting a

possible link between...

Scientists use two powerful

immunotherapies to eradicate solid

tumors

In preclinical research that could lead to a clinical

trial for patients with intractable solid tumors, City of

Hope scientists...

Retest for COVID-19 4-plus weeks after

symptoms first appear to curb infection

suicidal behavior

risk, say researchers

The authors say their findings suggest that

workplace interventions focusing on the social side

of the work environment could...

This is because SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible

for COVID-19 infection, takes an average of 30 days

to clear from the body...

Anxiety and depression are associated

with medical care avoidance during the

pandemic

Among a sample of over 73,000 U.S. adults from the

Household Pulse Survey, a weekly survey

conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...

Comprehensive look at US fuel economy

standards show big savings on fuel and

emissions

IMAGE: The graph shows vehicle miles traveled

versus fuel consumption from 1965 through 2018 in

the United States....

Study identifies how infection by Zika

virus during pregnancy can affect the

fetal brain

IMAGE: Brazilian scientists investigated tens of

thousands of genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic

variables, discovering...

Autonomous robot plays with NanoLEGO

Molecules are the building blocks of everyday life.

Many materials are composed of them, a little like a

LEGO model consists...

NASA’s Terra Satellite provides clear

picture of wind shear battering Omar

IMAGE: NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible

image to forecasters of Omar struggling against

wind shear on...

Pandemic accelerated remote work, a

trend likely to remain

In fact, it already has, according to a new article

published by an international panel of management

experts, including...

Political ads have little persuasive power,

study finds

The study, published Sept. 2 in the journal Science

Advances, measured the persuasive effects of 49

high-profile advertisements...

New treatment for drug-resistant bacterial

infections


(CDC) has prioritized finding effective treatment of

Methicillin-resistant...

Innovative biocontainment unit shows

promise to protect healthcare workers

IMAGE: Dr. Jason Chang, assistant professor in the

department of emergency medicine at the University

of Pittsburgh...

NOAA-NASA satellite reveals burn scars

from Elkhorn Fire in California

IMAGE: A NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP VIIRS image of

the Elkhorn fire and parts of the August Complex fire

in Northern California...

"Hotspots" of a corona infection in the

human body

An infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can

affect multiple organs. With this in mind, researchers

of the German Center...

Operation Outbreak simulation teaches

students how pandemics spread

In 2015, a team of specialists in modeling disease

outbreaks got together with educators to create

Operation Outbreak, an...

Genomic analysis of Shiga-toxin E.coli

(STEC) in a child reveals insights on a

virulent, emerging foodborne pathogen

University at Buffalo researchers have now

completed the genomic analysis of a specific strain

of Shiga-toxin E. coli (STEC)...

Depression worsens over time for older

caregivers of newly diagnosed dementia

patients

This sustained depression over time is important

because partners are often caregivers for many

years, said Melissa Harris,...

COVID-19 sparks 12-fold increase in

remote delivery of mental health care

across the US

The study, “The COVID-19 Telepsychology

Revolution: A National Study of Pandemic-Based

Changes in U.S. Mental Health...

Effective cancer immunotherapy further

linked to regulating a cell ‘suicide’ gene

When the gene, called BIRC2, is sent into overdrive,

it makes too much, or an “overexpression,” of

protein levels....

Links among poor sleep, high blood

pressure, gut microbiome discovered

The research aimed to determine whether a 28-day

period of disrupted sleep changed the microbiota in

rats. The gut microbiota...

Gravity wave insights from internetbeaming

balloons

Giant balloons launched into the stratosphere to

beam internet service to Earth have helped

scientists measure tiny ripples...

Researchers warn of food-web threats

from common insecticides

In light of emerging evidence showing how a

commonly used class of insecticides can spread

Familial incarceration negatively impacts

mental health for African American

women

through the environment to pollinators,...

More than half of all African American women in the

United States report having at least one family

member who is incarcerated,...

Dartmouth-led team engineers new

treatment for drug-resistant bacterial

infections

IMAGE: A molecular model of the F12 biotherapy

shows the fold of its polypeptide backbone. Residual

T cell epitopes...

GSA publishes 9 articles on COVID-19

and aging; Ageism webinar for health

care professionals

The Gerontological Society of America’s highly cited,

peer-reviewed journals are continuing to publish

scientific articles...

Children can have COVID-19 antibodies

and virus in their system simultaneously

With many questions remaining around how children

spread COVID-19, Children’s National Hospital

researchers set out...

Unmanned aerial vehicles help wheat

breeders

IMAGE: Margaret Krause operates an unmanned

aerial vehicle at the International Maize and Wheat

Improvement Center...

Wearable, portable invention offers

options for treating antibiotic-resistant

infections

IMAGE: Purdue University innovators created a

wearable invention that offers options for treating

antibiotic-resistant...

Deaths at home higher than normal

Deaths of people in their own homes were far above

normal levels in July in contrast to below-average

levels of non-Covid-19...

Coronavirus: Cheap steroids save lives

from severe Covid

Cheap steroids can save the lives of patients who

are critically ill with Covid-19, studies show. The

findings confirm the...

Coronavirus: Visiting restrictions

reintroduced in Glasgow area

Media captionCoronavirus: Household visit ban

returning in Glasgow area Restrictions on visiting

other households...

Greater Manchester lockdown easing U-

turn after cases rise

Media captionHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said

“swift and decisive action” had been needed Parts...

Study examines the benefits of virtual

stroke rehabilitation programs

A recent review paper, co-authored by Brodie

Sakakibara with the Centre for Chronic Disease

Prevention and Management (CCDPM)...

Plasmin could be the link between

COVID-19 comorbidities and serious

illness

Sadis Matalon, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama

at Birmingham and colleagues in Texas and San

Francisco asked that question...

Gamifying interventions may improve

mental health

Mobile mental health apps have the potential to act

as interventions for depression and anxiety, but their

effectiveness...

COVID-19 has likely tripled depression

rate, study finds

Published in the journal JAMA Network Open, the

study also found that income and savings are the

most dramatic predictors...

Experimental vaccine that boosts antigen

production shows promise against

COVID-19

Scientists manipulated a natural cellular process to

ramp up levels of two proteins used by the virus to

infect other cells,...

Rapid HIV, HCV testing at drug

detoxification centers led to higher test

result delivery

With an increase in HIV and HCV infections as a

consequence of the ongoing opioid epidemic,

Boston Medical Center researchers...

How screen time and green time may

affect youth psychological outcomes

The prevalence of mental illness among children

and adolescents is increasing globally. Technological

developments in recent...

Heavy electronic media use in late

childhood linked to lower academic

performance

Previous studies of children and adolescents have

found links between use of electronic media — such

as television,...

Researchers identify proteins that

prevent COVID-19 transmission through

the placenta

The study results demonstrate that the COVID-19

virus universally invades the placenta in cases with

and without evidence...

Newly identified gene grants tomatoes

resistance to bacterial speck disease

IMAGE: Bacterial speck disease, which reduces

both fruit yield and quality, has been a growing

problem in tomatoes...

For vulnerable families, the pandemic’s

effect on mental health is swift and harsh

DURHAM, N.C. – In just a few months, the COVID-

19 pandemic swiftly and substantially worsened

mental health among U.S....

Many forests scorched by wildfire won’t

bounce back

With flames racing across hundreds of square miles

throughout Colorado and California this summer and

a warming climate projected...

How mechanical forces nudge tumors

toward malignancy

IMAGE: Epidermal stem cells (green) form small

bud-shaped structures that later become tumors.


An unexpected origin story for a lopsided

black hole merger

A lopsided merger of two black holes may have an

oddball origin story, according to a new study by

researchers at MIT and...

Children under 10 are almost 20 times

more likely to die from an injury than

Covid-19

Children under 10 years old are almost 20 times

more likely to die from an accidental injury than of

Covid-19, a study has...

Pregnant women who catch Covid-19 ‘are

HALF as likely to have symptoms’

Pregnant women are less likely to show symptoms

of Covid-19 but more likely to end up in intensive

care than women who aren’t...

Gonorrhoea cases have soared 26% in a

year to the highest level since records

began

More people are catching gonorrhea in England and

Wales than ever before, official figures revealed

today. There were 70,936...

Venom from honeybees found to kill

aggressive breast cancer cells

Results published in the journal npj Precision

Oncology revealed that honeybee venom rapidly

destroyed triple-negative breast...

Plant pathogens reorder physical

structures of effectors to escape plant

recognition

IMAGE: MPMI cover view more Credit: The

American Phytopathology Society Phytophthora

infestans is an oomycete,...

UIC research discovers links among poor

sleep, high blood pressure, gut

microbiome

IMAGE: Anne M. Fink, assistant professor, UIC

College of Nursing’s Department of Biobehavioral

Nursing Science. ...

School reopening and flu season mean

surge in Covid-19 patients, says WHO

Europe director

The reopening of schools and the winter flu season

returning could mean Covid-19 patients pile the

pressure on NHS hospitals...

Coronavirus could spread through AIR

CON on buses, say Chinese scientists

Coronavirus spreads through air conditioning units

on buses, scientists have warned after two dozen

cases were linked back...

Government lacked ‘a sense of strategy’

during Covid-19 response, think tank

report finds

Government lacked ‘a sense of strategy’ during

Covid-19 response and blamed ‘following the

science’...

‘There is no sign of a second wave’:

Experts rubbish Matt Hancock’s warning

Britain is not entering a second wave of coronavirus

infections and the young, mildly-affected people

being diagnosed in...

Virus in the blood can predict severe

COVID-19, researchers find

Blood samples were taken from patients with a

confirmed COVID-19 infection within three days of

admission to the Department...

Subtypes and developmental pathways of

innate T cells identified

Understanding the developmental process of these

cells, which are responsible for biodefense in places

where contact with...

Finding cortisone alternatives with fewer

side effects

The work group around Henriette Uhlenhaut,

Professor for Metabolic Programming at TUM

School of Life Sciences in Freising-

Weihenstephan...

Alzheimer’s burden greater in rural

Appalachia, study finds

Alzheimer’s disease is more common in rural

Appalachian Ohio communities than in other rural

areas in the state –...

New method of detecting illnesses

including coronavirus and cystic fibrosis

IMAGE: Illustration shows the marriage of DNA

nanotechnology and bioelectronics. view more

Credit: EatFishDesign A...

Kidneys infected with hepatitis C can be

safely transplanted into healthy

recipients

BOSTON – Kidneys from deceased donors with

hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can be safely

transplanted into noninfected...

Moffitt researchers identify metastasis

driver in BRAF inhibitor resistant

melanoma

TAMPA, Fla. — Targeted therapy with BRAF-MEK

inhibitors is an effective treatment for patients with

advanced melanoma...

Brazilian researcher proposes universal

mechanism for ejection of matter by

black holes

IMAGE: Accretion disk (in purple, out of scale). The

process occurs in active-core nuclei. A molecular

gas cloud that...

A new way of modulating color emissions

from transparent films

Scientists are looking at luminescent transparent

films for use in energy-efficient displays (such as

LED screens) and other...

She got ill when the pandemic hit

Trump visits Kenosha to back police after shooting

The president blames “domestic terror” for the

unrest, as...

Coronavirus: Concern over virus cases in

Glasgow area

Talks will be held to decide if action is needed to

tackle the spread of coronavirus cases in the

Glasgow area, Nicola Sturgeon...

Strong fields and ultrafast motions

IMAGE: (red: oxygen atoms, grey; hydrogen atoms).

The dotted lines indicate hydrogen bonds between

the molecules. Each...

Paper ballots, risk-limiting audits can

help defend elections and democracy,

study finds

IMAGE: Scott Shackelford view more Credit: Photo

courtesy of the IU Kelley School of Business

BLOOMINGTON,...

Tens of thousands of Scottish pupils

absent from school

More than 100,000 pupils in Scotland are absent

from school with attendance down to 84.5%,

according to Scottish government...

Coronavirus: Bolton and Trafford ask to

continue restrictions

A Covid spike in Bolton and Trafford has prompted

council bosses to ask for restrictions to remain in

place, a day before...

NYC will spray pesticide to kill rising

number of West Nile-infected mosquitoes

New York City will begin spraying pesticide to kill

West Nile virus-infected mosquitos in Brooklyn and

Queens on Thursday. According...

Atheists are more likely to sleep better

than Catholics and Baptists, study finds

Preliminary results show that 73% of atheists and

agnostics reported getting seven or more hours of

nightly sleep, which...

Vietnam farmers’ poultry sales during

outbreaks may increase virus

transmission

“Avian influenza is deadly to humans, with a case

fatality rate between 25% and 50%,” said Maciej

Boni, associate...

Cycads as an ecotoxin and neurological

disorders

Of interest in recent decades has been the role of

cycads as a possible toxin source that influenced

one of only two known...

Antibody blockade effective in treatment

of severe COVID-19

Cytokines are a group of small proteins that can

either enhance or inhibit our body’s immune

response to infection,...

Reprogramming cardiac fibroblast cells

to transform into beating heart muscle

Mammalian myocardium is essentially incapable of

regeneration following injury. Instead, a noncontractile

fibrous scar forms...

Elderly people protected against

respiratory infections by BCG vaccine

At Radboudumc, Professor of Experimental Internal

Medicine Mihai Netea is conducting research into

this protective effect...

Strokes in babies are surprisingly

common; here’s how the body rushes to

the rescue

The brain’s frontline defenders are immune cells

known as microglia. These cells make up 10%-15%

of all cells found...

First treatment identified for fainting

Fainting is caused by a fall in blood pressure and/or

number of heart beats. In some patients, a trigger is

identified —...

Tel Aviv University study sheds light on

brain mechanism activated by uncertainty

IMAGE: Prof. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv University

view more Credit: American Friends of Tel Aviv

University...

Reef manta rays make long-term use of

marine-protected areas

IMAGE: Reef manta ray, Mobula alfredi view more

Credit: Amelia J. Armstrong and colleagues Marine

animals...

Bus drivers more likely to let white

customers ride for free

A new paper in The Economic Journal finds that bus

drivers are more likely to let white riders ride for free

and less likely...

A disk of gas would explain mysterious

light changes observed in Sagittarius

constellation

The enigmatic variations of light in a binary system,

located in Sagittarius constellation, could be

Climate change could increase rice yields

IMAGE: Many people across the globe rely on rice

as a source of nutrition. view more Credit: Rachel

Schutte Rice...

explained by the presence...

Handgrip strength shown to identify

people at high risk of type 2 diabetes

A simple test such as the strength of your handgrip

could be used as a quick, low-cost screening tool to

help healthcare...

Long sick leave after low-grade brain

tumor

IMAGE: PhD student Isabelle Rydén and Associate

Professor Asgeir Jakola. view more Credit: Photo

from University...

Coronavirus Research: At-home test

detects low levels of virus

Hope for an at-home coronavirus test that can even

diagnose people with no symptoms as scientists

invent device to make low...

Development of next-generation zinc ion

battery without the risk of explosion or

fire

IMAGE: Dendrite-free “functionalized ZnO layer ”

coated on a Zn hexagonal pyramid core. view more

Credit:...

Face shields and masks with valves do

NOT stop the coronavirus from spreading

into the air

Face shields and masks with valves do not prevent

the coronavirus from spreading into the air and

being breathed in by others,...

Florida cuts ties with Quest after the firm

tried to dump 75k old covid test results

Florida‘s health department is ‘severing all ties’ with

Quest Diagnostics after officials discovered the...

Coronavirus US: Fauci insists fatalities

are NOT exaggerated

‘The 180,000 COVID-19 deaths are real’: Dr Fauci

says US coronavirus fatalities are NOT exaggerated

after CDC...

NIH panel says not enough data showing

plasma therapy is effective at treating

coronavirus

US health officials divided over plasma treatment for

COVID-19: NIH panel says the newly FDA-approved

treatment touted by...

Man who lost SEVEN family members to

coronavirus becomes first American

dosed in Oxford’s trial

Florida man, 23, who lost SEVEN family members to

coronavirus becomes first American dosed in

Oxford’s final stage...

Children who get little sleep and spend

too much time on screens most likely to

be obese

Children who get little sleep and spend too much

time on their phones or tablets are most likely to be

obese, research suggests. For...

Men with waists over 40 inches ‘are 35%

more likely to die of prostate cancer’

Men who store fat around their midriff are in greater

danger of dying from prostate cancer, research

suggests. A man with...

Blood pressure-lowering is even more

beneficial than previously thought

“Greater drops in blood pressure with medication

lead to greater reductions in the risk of heart attacks

and strokes,”...

First randomised trial backs safety of

common heart drugs in COVID-19

patients

ACE inhibitors and ARBs are commonly taken by

heart patients to reduce blood pressure and to treat

heart failure. There is...

Face shield or face mask to stop the

spread of COVID-19?

To increase public awareness about the

effectiveness of face shields alone as well as face

masks with exhalation valves,...

Severe COVID-19 despite or even due to

the strong immunity

The team from Marien Hospital and the department

of Virology of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) as

well as the Clinic for...

Scientists identify promising new ALS

drug candidates

Researchers from the Universities of Liverpool (UK)

and Nagoya (Japan) have shown that a Seleniumbased

drug-molecule called...

Resource sharing affects mortality

worldwide

“What is new about our study is that for the first time

we have combined transfer payments from state and

family and...

A surprising opportunity for telehealth in

shaping the future of medicine

The study, published in the Aesthetic Surgery

Journal, illuminates the unexpected benefits that

telehealth has had during...

Study tracks human milk nutrients in

infant microbiome

The study, “Dietary Sphinganine Is Selectively

Assimilated by Members of the Mammalian Gut

Microbiome,” was published...

Eye of a fly: Researchers reveal secrets

of fly vision for rapid flight control

By examining how fruit flies use eye movements to

enhance flight control with a staggeringly fast

reaction speed —...

Standing the test of time with a perfect

partner

As rural western towns grow, so do their

planning challenges

The key to efficiently harvesting energy from sunlight

could be to find the right combinations of lightcapturing

materials....

Nestled among state parks, red rock buttes and

breathtaking mountain vistas, Sedona, Arizona, is

one of the most popular...

VAT cuts do not increase consumer

purchasing power

IMAGE: The VAT rate for hairdressing services was

reduced by 14 percentage points in January 2007.

In January 2012,...

Fish invasions follow Panama and Suez

canal expansions

World maritime trade grows each year, aided by

canal waterways that connect oceans and reduce

shipping time, energy consumption...

Minimal SARS-CoV-2 diversity suggests a

global vaccine is feasible

Genetic analysis of sequences from more than

27,000 individuals infected with the coronavirus that

causes COVID-19 reveals...

Can sunlight convert emissions into

useful materials?

Shaama Sharada calls carbon dioxide — the worst

offender of global warming — a very stable, “very

happy...

How to get the upper body of a burrowing

frog

IMAGE: The unconventional features found in

forward burrowers can include small eyes and pointy

noses, as seen in this...

Still ill six months later: ‘I have no idea

how to get better’

US father ‘won’t play politics’ over son’s shooting

President Trump will meet police but not the...

Hong Kong embarks on mass Covid

testing amid criticism

Hong Kong has begun a free universal Covid-19

testing programme, despite criticism that it is not

effective and could be...

Shake diet offered on NHS to fight type 2

diabetes

Thousands more people in England with type 2

diabetes will be offered the chance to try a soupand-shake

diet weight-loss...

Coronavirus: US passes six million

Covid-19 cases

The US has now surpassed six million cases of

Covid-19 – almost a quarter of the world’s total,

according to...

Coronavirus could affect your testicles:

Man, 37, suffers swelling and ‘discomfort’

in his scrotum

The coronavirus may cause men’s testicles to swell

and impair their ability to have children, doctors

have warned. More...

Late eaters are more likely to gain weight,

study finds

Late eaters who have their biggest meals after 6pm

are more likely to gain weight because they

consume MORE calories overall...

Scientists discover which immune cells a

flu shot MUST target to provide ‘longlasting’

protection

Hope for a universal flu vaccine? Scientists discover

which immune cells a shot MUST target to provide

‘long-lasting’...

Coronavirus UK: Two new deaths in daily

toll

Another two people have died of Covid-19 in the UK,

taking the official total to 41,501. And a further

1,406 people were...

Children spread the coronavirus ‘six

times less than adults’

Children don’t spread the virus like teachers do A

Public Health England analysis found 70 children

out of 1.6million...

Most people ‘won’t get the flu jab until

DECEMBER’

Most people won’t get the flu jab until December

despite a Government drive to get everyone

vaccinated to protect the...

The ultimate guide to navigating back to

school

Going back to school tomorrow after an extended

break will be nerve-wracking for many children and

parents alike. Families...

AstraZeneca begins final trials of Oxford

University coronavirus vaccine enrolling

50,000 people

The world may be one step closer to getting a

coronavirus jab after Oxford University’s vaccine

candidate entered its...

For people with high blood pressure,

telemonitoring may cut heart attack,

stroke rate by 50%

Researchers, led by study author Karen L. Margolis,

M.D., M.P.H., executive director of research at

HealthPartners Institute...

Insect shows promise as a good,

sustainable food source

People with increased risk of Alzheimer’s

have deficits in navigating

Finding paths without external cues Animals and

humans have the ability to follow their own position

in space through self-motion...

Is being generous the next beauty trend?

The IU study, published in Nonprofit and Voluntary

Sector Quarterly, found that more attractive people

are more likely to...

Wearable device could help EMTs,

surgeons assess hemorrhage blood loss

The research is based upon a new analysis of the

genome of the mealworm species Tenebrio molitor

led by Christine Picard,...

A research team has now shown that it can

accurately assess blood loss by measuring seismic

vibrations in the chest cavity...

Brainstem protein mediates exercisebased

stress relief

Going on a run during a stressful time does wonders

for mental and emotional health. But the stress-relief

benefits of exercise...

Shedding light on split-second decision

making

“We wanted to know how this kind of decision

making takes place,” said the study’s senior author

Diego...

Brain estrogen is key to brain protection

when oxygen is low

In the face of low brain oxygen that can occur with

stroke or other brain injury, these astrocytes, starshaped

brain cells...

The effect of military training on the

sense of agency and outcome processing

People may report a reduced feeling of responsibility

when they comply with orders in situations of

asymmetric power, such...

Direct observation of desorption of a melt

of long polymer chains

In our everyday life it’s not uncommon to see the

same material in different states. Take for example

water: it’s...

American Animal Hospital Association

and American Association of Feline

Practitioners release new Feline

Vaccination Guidelines

[Lakewood, Colorado; Bridgewater, New Jersey;

September 1, 2020] The American Animal Hospital

Association (AAHA) and the...

Story tips: Cool smart walls, magnetism

twist, fuel cost savings and polymers’

impact

IMAGE: ORNL researchers 3D printed a concrete

wall embedded with a thermal storage and active

insulation system that...

First trial of LSD-MDMA set to test safety

and treatment potential

A group of scientists is launching the world’s first

clinical trial of a combination of two psychedelic

drugs, LSD...

Blood marker may reduce cancer burden

Researchers at Flinders University are expanding

work on a promising blood test model to help predict

or diagnose head and...

From virtual to reality! Virtual training

improves physical and cognitive

functions

IMAGE: The virtual body as experienced by the user

view more Credit: Tohoku University Researchers at

the...

Ultraviolet B exposure expands

proenkephalin+ regulatory T cells with a

healing function

IMAGE: UVB irradiation induces proliferation and

activation of skin Treg cells. UVB-expanded skin

Treg (UVB-skin Treg)...

Severe Covid-19 despite or even due to

the strong immunity

The team from Marien Hospital and the department

of Virology of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) as

well as the Clinic for...

How losing weight can help men gain a

centimetre

Nearly every man is born with one but it doesn’t

come with a user manual. And there are so many

myths out there about the...

When tiredness is a sign you’re having a

SILENT heart attack

The trip had been months in the planning. A ten-day

tour of Washington, Atlantic City and New York

seemed the perfect way...

The headset that could trick you into

losing weight

An electrical device that stimulates nerve endings

behind the ears could be a pioneering new

treatment for those who struggle...

The thorny perils of gardening: A pricked

thumb, rashes… and even poisoning!

A thorn in the finger is an everyday injury for most

gardeners — and for tree surgeon Lindsay

MacPherson it’s more routine...

NHS enrolls 5,000 patients in mass trial of

its soups and shakes diet to REVERSE

diabetes

New vacuum-powered biopsy could spare

thousands of women from major breast

cancer surgery

Using ‘vacuum’ technology to help pinpoint the

location of breast cancer left after chemotherapy

could spare...

CVS didn’t tell customers their

prescriptions were filled by a COVID-19-

positive staff member

CVS district leader ‘told pharmacy staff at a Georgia

store not to inform customers that their prescriptions

were filled...

Research shows how a diet change might

help US veterans with Gulf War illness

The veterans’ overall number of symptoms were

reduced and they experienced less pain and fatigue

after one month on...

Thousands of people with type 2 diabetes are being

enrolled into an NHS trial of ‘soups and shakes’ diet

which...

Microgel immuno-acceptance method

could improve pancreatic islet transplant

success

By learning from a groundbreaking cancer treatment

strategy based on a recent Nobel Prize-winning

discovery, researchers...

Early rhythm control therapy improves

outcomes in patients with atrial

fibrillation

Rhythm control therapy is typically delayed unless

patients have persistent symptoms on otherwise

effective rate control....

Researchers discover a specific brain

circuit damaged by social isolation

during childhood

A research team from the Icahn School of Medicine

at Mount Sinai has now identified specific subpopulations

of brain cells...

Cell phone location used to estimate

COVID-19 growth rates

“It is our hope that counties might be able to

incorporate these publicly available cell phone data

to help guide policies...

Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test

could bypass the lab, study finds

“If such a device and test were available, we could

test for COVID-19 at public events, auditoriums,

large gatherings...

Insight on how to build a better flu

vaccine

A growing body of evidence suggests that a history

of exposure to influenza virus might be undermining

the effectiveness...

Improving FDA’s COVID-19 vaccine

authorization and approval process:

Lessons from hydroxychloroquine

In a Viewpoint piece published in JAMA: The Journal

of the American Medical Association, a research

team proposes reforms...

Secret weapon to stop invasive

honeysuckle: Satellites

IMAGE: Amur honeysuckle, like this patch seen in

Ohio in November, stays greener longer into fall

than most native...

FSU researchers develop new X-ray

detection technology

IMAGE: A researcher holds a flexible X-ray

scintillator developed by Professor Biwu Ma and his

research team. The team...

Unravelling mother to baby transmission

of Zika virus

Zika virus is a mild infection for most people but it

can be dangerous during pregnancy, causing infants

to be born with...

Consortium of Brazilian researchers

completes sequencing of native stingless

bee’s genome

IMAGE: It is a docile species of economic interest as

a pollinator. Its workers are sterile, and some of its

genetic...

One quarter of prescription drugs in

Canada may be in short supply

Research from the Centre for Health Evaluation and

Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS) sheds new light on the

factors behind drug shortages...

There’s a shortage of info on drugs for

children in Canada

IMAGE: Samira Samiee-Zafarghandy is an assistant

professor of pediatrics at McMaster University and a

neonatologist...

Your paper notebook could become your

next tablet

IMAGE: Purdue engineers developed a simple

printing process that renders any paper or

cardboard packaging into a keyboard,...

Legal performance-enhancing

substances associated with future

problematic alcohol use

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics

found that young adults aged 18-26 who used legal

performance-enhancing substances...

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